Special traffic lights with a system that notifies visually impaired people what signal is currently being shown through auditory guidance on their smartphones are gradually being set up across Japan.
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This Device Lets Blind Women Take Pregnancy Tests in Privacy
RNIB has published the research methods and industrial design of its prototype device in the hope that health-care corporations will take notice.
STRAP Technologies Announces Wearable Device to Help Blind People Navigate Without a White Cane
STRAP Technologies announced on White Cane Safety Day in the United States, the creation of a hands-free device designed to be worn by the visually impaired to allow for more independence and mobility.
Engineering Students Design Haptic Feedback Vest to Direct Blind and Partially Sighted People
Students from Harvard recently developed a wearable device for visually impaired people to navigate more easily.
Scientists Discover Blind People Use Visual Part of Brain When Processing Sounds
Scientists have discovered that humans use the visual part of their brain when processing sounds in the dark, even if they have never had sight in their lifetime.
Blind Man Drives Corvette After Experimental Surgery to Correct His Vision
Alberta man born legally blind gets his driver’s license
Prototype Robotic Guide Dog Supports Blind and Visually Impaired Travelers
A student at Loughborough University has designed a ‘robotic guide dog’ that could help support blind and visually impaired people.
A Single Injection of Nanoparticles Restores Vision to Blind Rats
Nanoparticles restored vision to rats for at least eight months in a new study
New CVS Pharmacy App Feature Reads Prescription Labels Out Loud for Blind and Partially Sighted Patients
– CVS introduced Spoken Rx™, a new feature of the CVS Pharmacy app that can read important prescription information out loud.
Multinational Researchers Develop Treatment to Prevent Blindness Avoiding Transplantation
The team was co-led by May Griffith, a researcher at Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital Research Centre, which is affiliated with Université de Montréal and is part of the CIUSSS de l’Est-de-l’Île-de-Montréal.
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