Smartphone app helps people with blindness navigate their surroundings October 27, 2015 by David Templeton, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette originally posted at phys.org Previously, when Chieko Asakawa navigated her way across the Carnegie Mellon University campus, she used her white cane to identify obstructions with her ears alert to recognizable sounds and intuition in full power to…
Could this be the end of reading glasses? Lens that can restore sight in older people is being developed – and it’s made from the same material as a SMARTPHONE screen As people age, their eye lens stiffens and they develop presbyopia Known also as long-sightedness, it causes people to need reading glasses Scientist is…
Originally posted at medgadget.com by EDITORS on Nov 7, 2014 •4:40 pm Independence Day Video The world was not made for blind people and getting around it when you can’t see can be very challenging. This is the 21st century, though, and there’s already technology available that can be put to use in helping blind…
