Wegmans Food Markets is the first grocery chain in the U.S. to partner with Aira, a mobile app that offers next generation shopping assistance to customers who are blind or have low vision.
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Study Shows Blind People Need Temporal Information to Detect Location of Sounds
A new study supported by the EU-funded weDRAW project has shown that the deficit disappears if congenitally blind individuals are presented with coherent temporal and spatial cues.
Blue Light from Smartphones and Tablets Accelerating Blindness, According to Study
Researchers from The University of Toledo studied the impact of blue light — which comes from the sun as well as digital devices — on our eyes.
Blind Man Flying Across the Atlantic in a Hot air Balloon
For most people, losing your sight would be devastating, but for former hot air balloon pilot Michael Scholes, it hasn’t stopped him from accomplishing great things.
AT&T Expanding the Back-To-School Program for Blind College students
In a partnership with AT&T, Aira and the National Federation of the Blind are Expanding the Back-To-School Program for Blind College students.
Scientists Discover Blindness Gene
Our genome is made up of 20,000 genes, all of which may cause disease. At present, 4,141 genes have been identified as being responsible for genetic abnormalities, leaving around 16,000 genes with unknown implication in disease. Researchers from the University of Geneva (UNIGE), Switzerland, working in collaboration with scientists from Pakistan and the USA — have investigated a recessive genetic disorder that destroys the eyes from developing and results in childhood blindness. After analyzing the genomes of each member of a consanguineous family with affected children, the geneticists pinpointed pathogenic mutations in a new gene, MARK3, as being the cause. They subsequently confirmed their findings — published in the journal Human Molecular Genetics — by modifying the homologous gene in drosophila flies, which resulted in abnormal eye development and blindness. The identification of the MARK3 related disease will help to understand the mechanism of the disease, provide diagnostic services, and initiate efforts for a personalized treatment.
Blind and Visually Impaired Students Explore Careers at STEM Camp with NASA
Blind and visually impaired students from around the state of Michigan explored the galaxy at a unique weeklong career exploration lab (CEL) held recently at LARA’s Bureau of Services for Blind Persons (BSBP) Training Center in Kalamazoo. Offered under BSBP’s Pre-Employment Transition Services, the program featured a NASA engineer, and scientist presenters who introduced astronomy concepts to the students utilizing 3D technology and tactile graphs.
Can Eye-Bonds Help Combat Blindness?
As reported by News Talk Florida, U.S. Rep. Gus Bilirakis, R-Fla., joined U.S. Rep. Pete Sessions, R-Texas, and U.S. Rep. Sanford Bishop, D-Ga., in pushing a bill to fund treatments to cure blindness.
Apple Developing Device and Wearable to Help Deaf and Blind Travelers
Apple is developing technology that would combine a cylindrical device and possibly smart clothing to provide blind and deaf people tactile or auditory signals to navigate their environments.
Bookshare’s 390,000 Books Are Now Available for People with Blindness in India
Benetech announced a major expansion of the ongoing international effort to provide Bookshare, an ebook library for people with reading barriers in India.
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