Unconventional approach forms images in the eye that could display information or aid visually impaired people Researchers have developed a fundamentally new approach to a see-through displa... Read more
Researchers from the Center for Research and Advanced Studies (CINVESTAV) in Mexico have developed a pair of glasses that use a combination of ultrasound, GPS, stereoscopic vision and artifi... Read more
Its Braille interface is easy to use and able to display over 100 characters The Clarity mobile phone concept by designer Mark DiLella has a host of features that aim to help the visually im... Read more
Could change the way visually impaired pedestrians navigate city streets Deep below the surface in the basement of the engineering building at the University of Minnesota, researchers are wo... Read more
Shantanu Gangwar, a Class 12 student, was pained to see his blind friends bump into walls, furniture and other objects. So he invented a smart walking stick that gives early warning of an ob... Read more
Within days of exhibiting its “virtual cane” device for the blind, Hebrew University scientists grabbed headlines for a little gadget about to change the lives of millions of people across t... Read more
We’ve seen a number of prototype and concept devices aimed at upgrading or even replacing the low-tech white cane and this latest example from Hebrew University – the Virtual Can... Read more
While we’ve looked at a couple of efforts to upgrade the humble white cane’s capabilities, such as the ultrasonic Ultracane and the laser scanning cane, the decidedly low tech wh... Read more
Smartphones have already proven their worth as navigation devices for sighted people but a new concept aims to go even further for the vision impaired. Dubbed blinput, the system would allow... Read more