NFB Teams With GM and Chevrolet To Develop Pedestrian Alert For Electric Vehicles
DETROIT
– Chevrolet, General Motors and the National Federation of the Blind are cooperating to identify a safe level of sound to alert the blind and other pedestrians to the presence of near silent-running electric and hybrid vehicles.
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Posted in Blindness |
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Cross Border Book Sharing Treaty Survives U.S. and E.U. Resistance
Copyright treaty backing e-books for disabled readers survives US and EU resistance OUT-LAW News, 03/06/2009
A proposed treaty that would change copyright laws to allow the supply of books across borders for the benefit of blind people has survived resistance from the US, UK, France, Germany and other countries.
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Posted in Blindness, General News |
No Comments » | June 25th, 2009