When someone has glaucoma, there’s always a danger that pressure caused by fluid accumulating within the eye will damage the optic nerve, resulting in blindness. The Injectsense implant is designed to help, by constantly monitoring a recipient’s intraocular pressure or IOP, for short.
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This Tech Gives Visually Impaired Patrons Unique Experience at Museum
This new technology is allowing visually impaired patrons to have a unique experience at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science.
Error Instruments Launches Blind Noise Touch-Synth
Experimental instrument makers, Error instruments have just released Blind Noise.
Google’s Nest Hello Doorbell Now Detects Packages at Your Door
Google has added the ability to detect delivery packages to its Nest Hello doorbell and it will notified you whenever a new package gets delivered to your front door.
Amazon Launches New Alexa Skill That Identifies Groceries for People Who Are Blind and Visually Impaired
Amazon launched a new first-party Alexa Show skill called Show and Tell in order to help the visually impaired identify groceries and other household items like boxes, cans, or other packaged items that are hard to identify by touch.
How To Use the Slide to Type Keyboard Feature In iOS 13
A new iOS 13 feature called QuickPath is going to change the way you type on your iPhone, including the new iPhone 11. Even after Apple began to allow third-party keyboard apps on the iPhone and iPad, its own keyboard lacked the option for gesture typing.
Accessibility Menu in iOS 13 Gets Huge Improvement
The iPhone’s “Accessibility” menu has always been in the “General” settings, but not in iOS 13.
Augmented Reality Glasses to Improve Mobility for People with Retinitis Pigmentosa
Anastasio Angelopoulos ’19, supported by Mark Humayun at the USC Institute of Biomedical Therapeutics, has spent the last two years developing augmented reality (AR) glasses that help people with retinitis pigmentosa (RP) — a group of genetic disorders involving breakdown and loss of cells in the retina — to navigate their surroundings more safely.
Samsung Launches New Apps for Deaf-Blind and Visually Impaired
South Korean tech giant Samsung introduced two new solutions-Good Vibes and Relumino – that will provide the deaf-blind a strong communication tool and enable people with low vision to see better.
How To protect Your Hearing Using iOS 13 and watchOS 6
In this year’s iOS 13 release for iPhone and watchOS 6 for Apple Watch, Apple is implementing a pair of new hearing features, designed to help you prevent exposing yourself to loud environments and headphones levels for extended periods of time.
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