Students in the US who are blind or visually impaired are getting an opportunity to enhance their learning experience during the COVID-19 crisis.
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Eye2Eye Program Provides Support for People with Vision Loss
For millions of blind and visually impaired people the pandemic raises new issues around safety, transportation, and access to mental health support.
Mojo Vision Develops Augmented Reality Screen on a Contact Lens
Mojo Vision is revealing a smart contact lens with a tiny built-in display that lets you view augmented reality images on a screen.
AccessiBuild Indoor Navigation App Launches for People with Vision Loss
AccessiBuild, developed by Marc Rayner and Jeff Godfrey, is an indoor navigation system for people with visual impairments.
Engineering Students Design Scanner to Recreate Images from Braille
Engineering students at the University of St. Thomas are working to help almost 90,000 blind and visually impaired people in Minnesota.
Braille Signs Coming to Bus Stops in 2020
Beginning in 2020, TransLink will install tactile and braille signs at every bus stop in Metro Vancouver for the blind and visually impaired.
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.
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.
This Robot Dog Could One Day Replace Seeing Guide Dogs
Using deep learning and artificial intelligence, scientists from Florida Atlantic University’s Machine Perception and Cognitive Robotics (MPCR) Laboratory are bringing Astro, the robotic dog to life.
This Pocket-Sized Braille Reader will Be Available This Year
Many blind or partially sighted people rely on braille, a unique system of raised dots that can be read by touch to read.
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