A group of Japanese companies is developing a suitcase-shaped robot that uses AI to help blind and visually impaired people to travel independently.
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OrCam Announces New AI Hearing Device and Handheld AI Reader at CES 2020
OrCam is expanding its product lineup with new devices that tackle new use cases.
Microsoft Funds AI Navigation App for Blind, Low Vision and Wheelchair Pedestrians
A Canadian startup has been named a grantee of Microsoft’s AI for Accessibility initiative, a $25 million, five year grant program launched last year to help NGOs, academics, researchers, and inventors accelerate their work for people with disabilities.
PocketVision Is An AI Powered App for the Visually Impaired
Honor’s PocketVision harnesses the power of AI and quad camera technology to help the visually impaired easily read documents, menus and other text with ease.
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.
Ajman University Develops Smart Glasses for people who are blind and Partially Sighted
A group of researchers at Ajman University have created smart glasses with the help of artificial intelligence (AI) technology that can read, navigate and identify faces to help the visually impaired.
Artificially Blurring Children’s Sight Until They Understand What They See
Congenital cataracts account for up to 20 percent of blindness cases in children.
Artelus Is Using AI to Help People from Going Blind
Rajarajeshwari Kodhandapani has a dream, to screen one million people for diabetic retinopathy (DR) so they can get timely treatment and not risk going blind. She is one of the four co-founders of Artelus, along with tech veterans Vish Durga, Lalit Pant, and Pradeep Walia, who is also a serial entrepreneur. As a former business analyst, she never thought she would become an entrepreneur (though she did want to become a politician at one time). Now, she is part of Artelus, a company that builds advanced screening tools to allow doctors and hospitals to diagnose a greater number of patients in the same time for a variety of diseases.
Google’s Duplex AI Technology Rolling Out to More devices
Google is expanding the availability of Duplex, the voice assistant that helps you book restaurant reservations over the phone.
This Tech Enables Blind and Visually Impaired People to Vote without Assistance
A visually impaired OrCam user demonstrates using the technology to vote
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