World’s First True Bionic Eye
Thomas Moore Health correspondent Updated:09:32, Monday April 21, 2008
Doctors have exclusively shown Sky News the world’s first true bionic eye that could allow the blind to see.
Breakthrough for the blind
The pea-sized video camera is small enough to fit inside the eyeball.
iVisit SeeStar offers persons who are visually impaired access to a remote sighted assistant.
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iVisit LLC announced today that its iVisit SeeStar & SeeScan mobile applications were selected as finalists in the Third Annual CTIA Emerging Technologies (E-Tech) Awards. Read the rest of this entry »
Disability Groups And The Voting Ballot Conflict
Subject: Disability Groups and Voting
The New York Times Opinion Making Votes Count: The Disability Lobby and Voting
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MAKING VOTES COUNT
The Disability Lobby and Voting
Obvious requirements for a fair election are that voters should have complete confidence about their ballots’ being counted accurately and that everyone,
including the disabled, should have access to the polls.
Wi-Fi On Steroids?
Edward C. Baig, USA TODAY
I wouldn’t ordinarily mention wireless networking and baseball in the same breath. But I couldn’t resist. The so-called Mimo technology I’ve been testing
is kind of like, um, Wi-Fi on steroids.
There’s nothing objectionable about this impressive new wireless technology except maybe its name. Mimo (pronounced My-moh) stands for multiple input, multiple output. Read the rest of this entry »
The Birth of Talking Foods
World Breaking Labor News - Birth of Talking Foods This historic, groundbreaking event is finally about to happen. The birth of talking foods is just a
few months away and the video demonstration can be viewed at
www.gourmetimpression.com.
Artificial Vision Research
Joseph Rizzo III was researching retinal transplants to restore blind people’s vision. One day, removing a lab animal’s retina, a tissue-thin membrane that
lines the back of the eyeball’s interior, he had an epiphany. “The moment I made the cut, I said to myself, ‘What in the hell are you doing?” Rizzo recounts.
The Ultra Cane
What is the UltraCane?
It’s an electronic primary aid, modelled on the traditional white cane, but with some important differences:
It uses ultrasonic echoes to find out what objects are in the vicinity. This includes objects at head height, like wing mirrors on lorries. It gives tactile
feedback, not audible which could interfere with other hazard information.
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