Designer Bruno Fosi has come up with a cool idea to make Apple's iPhone usable in the hands of the visually impaired. Yanko Design touts the idea as “brilliant,” pointing out to the benefits of functions like text to speech and moon type tactile feedback. “As wonderful as the iPhone is, it leav... |
2 December 2008
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Upon taking the stage at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (San Francisco), Steve Jobs introduced iTunes 8, two new iPods and a slew of enhancements accompanying both to the world. One extra in particular is now being lauded by The American Foundation for the Blind (AFB), which appreciates Apple's efforts in m... |
23 September 2008
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Except for being famous for their huge pranks, the folks over at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology manage to do all sorts of fabulous things. They also have an independent gaming studio, called Gambit Game Lab, which has recently finished the work on a very interesting title - AudiOdyssey.The most important a... |
4 June 2008
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For most people writing is second nature, just like walking. However, because most of our actions are directly correlated to vision, both walking and writing can turn into a nightmare while presented with no visual coordination. Visually impaired children may find the task of learning how to write almost impossible, ... |
5 April 2008
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Four million people die annually because of diseases caused by tobacco smoking, one person every 8 seconds. Tobacco smoking is the main cause of diseases worldwide and if the current tendency is maintained, by 2020, smoking will kill more persons than AIDS, tuberculosis, maternal mortality, car accidents, suicides an... |
15 January 2008
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A gray or brownish koala may result more familiar to you. But odd things happen, and after curing thousands of gray koalas at her vet hospital, Cheyne Flanagan had the surprise to meet this Scandinavian-like kola. This koala male, dubbed Mick, is a genetic oddity, due to its white fur instead of the usually gray/brow... |
26 September 2007
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We know that echolocation is extensively used by bats, dolphins and by some bird species. Based on the echo made by the sounds or ultrasounds they emit, these species can make an auditive image of their environment. It is literally like seeing with your ears. We, as humans, can't really imagine this. But when t... |
30 July 2007
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Google is that kind of company that tries to do anything to attract all categories of users, no matter what functions they need or what services they like. Using several communication methods, the Mountain View company intends to work along with the consumers in order to improve the solutions and make them more suita... |
11 July 2007
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In the middle of the debate of whether coffee is good or bad for our health, Italian researchers come with a pro argument. They say people who drink coffee are less prone to developing blepharospasm, an involuntary eye spasm which makes patients blink uncontrollably, which may become a severe vision impairment. The e... |
19 June 2007
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The mineral zinc seems to play an important role in the development of a common type of blindness. Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the main cause of blindness among elderly people in the developed countries and scientists have discovered that high zinc levels in the eye's deposits signal AMD developmen... |
21 March 2007
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In some western African villages, most of the elders die blind. This is the result of onchocerciasis or river blindness provoked by the female black flies (Simulium) which transmit the disease through their bite. These flies reproduce in the fast flowing rivers. Fortunately, river blindness is not so easy to catch li... |
14 March 2007
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