As life gets crazier and crazier, the amount of devices we have at our disposal seems to also increase. It's like an unwritten rule or something. Do you have a busy life? Make sure you have all your devices to keep you on track; that you're where you need to be, when you need to be there.
As technology continues to play an integral part of our lives, a way to easily switch between all these devices is also an increasing need.
Seizing the opportunity to fulfill this need, keyboard manufacturers have quite brilliantly begun selling keyboards that solve the problem of keeping us connected with the least amount of hassle. As you may have multiple devices, and may be looking for a way to switch between them without juggling multiple keyboards, (though, if you do attempt this, please Periscope it), then I encourage you to have a good look at the
Matias Wireless bluetooth Keyboard
which will fit the bill of connecting you to those multiple devices you're still trying to juggle.
NEWS
Google’s Project Soli Makes Touchless Gestures a Reality.
Google announced the availability of Project Soli, which is a chip that is embedded in any device; such as a smart watch, phone, computer, or tablet. It allows developers to come up with a set of gestures that can be performed without having to physically interact with a device. For example; a developer could design a virtual dial that the user can interact with by making a gesture that resembles turning a dial. Sense the user doesn’t directly touch the device, the number of gestures that can be created is only limited by the developer’s imagination.
CNIB Launchs Vision Loss Rehabilitation Saskatchewan
“If an optometrist or ophthalmologist or general practitioner refers a client, they will come to Vision Loss Rehabilitation Saskatchewan rather than the Canadian National Institute for the Blind,” said Christall Beaudry, executive director of CNIB Saskatchewan. “The reason for that is really simple. We wanted to break down stigmas and barriers for people who have vision loss.”
Some people with low vision have been reluctant to come to the CNIB, she said.
“Now they’re coming to an organization called Vision Loss Rehabilitation Saskatchewan, which is no different than going to another rehabilitation organization for whatever you need,” Beaudry said.
Apple’s iWork Productivity Suite, iMovie and GarageBand are Now Free!
The Apple-apps that are now free include iWork apps Pages, Numbers, Keynote, As well as Apple’s iLife apps, GarageBand and iMovie.
Apple has included each of the iWork apps for free with every iOS device that was activated at or after September 2013 and free for Mac hardware activated on or after October 2013.
The former price for iWork apps was $20 each for Macs, and $10 for the iOS versions, while Garage Band and iMovie for Mac cost $5 and $15, respectively.
Apple has published a document outlining how customers can install the free apps. It’s intended for customers with older hardware or those who’ve deleted apps that were bundled with new hardware purchases.
Apple Users Can Now Download and Read Books From Bookshare in iBooks.
Now that Bookshare is offering their books in an epub format, you can now download and read their books in iBooks on both MacOS and iOS.
How to Read Bookshare Matterial in iBooks
iBooks on macOS
Download EPUB
1. Log in to your Bookshare account.
2. Search for a book using the search box at the top of the page.
3. After finding the book in the search results, select EPUB from the download format drop-down menu, then select the Download button.
4. You’ll then be taken to your My History page. Select the Available or Downloaded link next to the status of the book to save it to your computer.
The DCMP Has Added Hundreds of Episodes of On-demand Accessible Television Programs
The Described and Captioned Media Program (DCMP) has added hundreds of episodes of on-demand accessible television programs with audio description and captions. School personnel and parents with children who are blind, visually impaired, deaf, hard of hearing, or deaf-blind qualify for access. DCMP is funded by the U.S. Department of Education, and there are no costs associated with our program.
DCMP’s Accessible Television Portal includes content provided by major TV networks, as well as producers and distributors like PBS KIDS, the Fred Rogers Company, Scholastic Media, and Litton Entertainment.
Tandem Bicycles Distributed to Visually Impaired Students.
The department of health has begun distributing tandem bicycles to visually impaired students in Istanbul Turkey in an effort to encourage physical activity amongst young people dealing with vision loss. One of the more common side effects of vision loss is a tendency to avoid physical activity. The tandem bike project is limited to Istanbul for now, but the department of health plans to expand the project nationwide. Hopefully, this idea will take hold in many other countries.
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Blind Man Sees Again by Using One of His Teeth!
Goulburn man John Ings, 72, had his sight restored by having a tooth with a lens put in his eye socket with the help of oral and maxillofacial specialist, Dr Shannon Webber and oculoplastic surgeon, Dr Greg Moloney.
The procedure saw a lens inserted into one of his teeth, which was extracted and then placed into his cheek so tissue would grow around it, enabling its own blood supply.
“We rely on the tooth to gain its own blood and tissue supply so when it is removed from the mouth, what you have essentially is a living complex,” Dr Webber said.
Google Text to Speech Engine Adds 6 New Languages and Other Improvements.
This past week, Google made several improvements to their default text to speech engine. They added 6 new languages, which now brings the total number of languages to 35. The new languages are:
Bangla Czech Khmer Nepali Sinhala UkrainianGoogle has also made improvements to voices across the board. They have also provided an option to turn off number processing and hear a more literal reading of things like dates and values. They have given the user the ability to control intonation for text in a wider range of languages and voices.
Glasses Demonstrate the Effects of Uncontrolled Diabetes Leading to Blindness
“Retinopathy is not curable,” says Anna Klineberg, a senior psychology major at Rice University who worked on the project with her teammates at Rice’s Oshman Engineering Design Kitchen. “As soon as you get it, you can’t prevent it from happening and it will get worse.
“A lot of people with diabetes get retinopathy, and a lot of them have never even heard of the disease. So we’re targeting these patients early and have either health care providers or retinopathy specialists show them that if they’re not careful, this is what could happen.”