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A braille smartwatch that brings text messages to the blind
This is pure genius! A South Korean startup has introduced a smartwatch called Dot. This sleek and cool device does more than your swanky LED-display ones do. For starts, it has a tactile face with dots that pop up and move to represent data in braille, as it is updated. The smartwatch makes used of…
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Indian Innovator Comes up with the World’s First Braille Based Smartphone for Blind
Smartphone technology has evolved at a blistering pace and these feature-packed devices are practically indispensible in our everyday life, but somehow visually impaired haven’t benefitted from it as much as they would’ve liked to. The few options that are available provide aural assistance which is deficient in solving the purpose. But an innovator from India,…
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Fujitsu and NICT develop indoor support system for the blind using Ultra Wide Band technology
The blind and the visually impaired do have their fair share of problems and Japanese manufacturer Fujitsu has come up with a practical way to help these individuals get around their homes easily. With help from Japan’s National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT), Fujitsu is currently developing an indoor support system for the…
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Money Identifier for the blind will be more than just useful
The blind have always had a problem with currency, especially bills. There exist felons who take undue advantage of those who have vision disabilities and con the blind by handing them less change than they should be getting. And this is just one instance. Identifying currency notes never was an easy thing for the blind…
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Feltone blinds swallow noise, give you peaceful working conditions
For those who are sensitive to noise, Japan-based Tokyo blinds have come up with Feltone blinds which can absorb sound waves and convert them into thermal energy through repeated reflection. By this, these blinds push down power noise by as much as 60%. Also, these are made from felt and require no modifications on windows…
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Credit card for the blind is yet a concept
Though we have great news for those who are visually impaired we miss out on the opportunity of seeing it shower its blessing on them. This is because the technology is still in its conceptual days. We hope that it spills out into the commercial arena so that it can benefit the visually challenged. The…
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A vehicle for the blind driver is in the works, what will we think of next
We’ve finally reached a time in technology where it seems likely that we could have a working system for blind drivers. The National Federation of the Blind and Virginia Tech are working on a design and demo for next year that can be embedded into a vehicle to enable blind drivers to ‘get ahead’. This…
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New Braille research allows the blind to read emotions
There are a few traces of a person’s emotion and mood hidden in the way they speak to a particular person at a particular time. However, seeing a smile on a person’s face amplifies the intensity of the emotions and let’s you know what they’re doing at that particular moment. This was denied to the…
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iSonic Cane prevents the blind from bumping into obstacles and announces colors of things they’ve avoided
What I’m truly impressed with these days is the technology being developed for the blind. The latest comes in the form of the more ‘old school’ tool, the walking stick. A company called Primpo that has its home base in Korea have re-designed the conventional cane and added some seriously user-friendly tech to assist the…
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Technology takes a step in the blind direction with the ‘Touch and Go’ GPS system for the blind
There are plenty of times when technology goes beyond simple games and gadgets and takes on a role of a serious enhancement for the handicapped or in this case, a seeing-eye dog, of sorts. These are the best times. Recently a designer, Natalia Ponomareva came up with a brilliant concept for enhancing the world around…
