Technology designed for people with disabilities is generally called assistive technology. It includes various assistive, adaptive, and rehabilitative devices, as well as the process used in selecting, locating, and using these devices. One of these devices is a cane for the blind and visually impaired is called the BAWA Cane.
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Supersense: A New Kind of App for the Blind and Vision Impaired
Supersense is a new kind of app for the blind and low vision community. It locates objects around you. Do you need to find an empty chair or a trash can? Are you trying to locate the door of a building? Choose what you are looking for and scan your environment with your smartphone. Supersense will find it in real-time without an internet connection.
Can Assistive Technology for the Blind and Visually Impaired Compete with Mainstream Devices?
Assistive Technology for the blind and visually impaired is becoming faster, smaller and more powerful than ever in 2019.
Study Tries to Make sense on How the Blind See Color
Study suggests that blind and sighted experience visual phenomena differently, but share a common understanding of them.
Federation of the Blind Warns of Donation Scams
The Canadian Federation of the Blind (CFB) is cautioning the public after nationwide reports of alleged grocery store scams involving people posing as non-profit officials to collect donations.
Disney to Produce Activity Books for the Blind
Soon children with visual impairments across North America will get to find out what Mickey Mouse “looks like” thanks to the efforts of a Windsor couple.
Omani Developers Create Aon App for the Blind and Visually Impaired
Five Omani women have come together to develop an app for the visually impaired. The app Aon will have a map of Oman and list of restaurants offering menus in Arabic.
Inventor of North Sense’ Implant Claims He Has Created a ‘New Human Sense for the Blind
A biohacker claims to have developed a ‘new human sense’ after implanting a Bluetooth compass into his chest.
Japanese Doctor Develops New Technology for the Blind
Chieko Asakawa, a Japanese doctor and inventor, is developing a new technology that will aid visually impaired individuals. Her passion for advancing technology for the visually impaired started when Asakawa had a swimming pool accident when she was 14 which caused her blindness. She is now working with other companies to improve the area of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to help people live a normal life.
Redesigned canoe by UCI Student Allows the Blind to Paddle Solo
A UC Irvine doctoral candidate and the director of a charitable organization offering recreational therapy for the visually impaired have developed special canoes that allow the blind and vision impaired to paddle solo.
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