KOCHI: A seeing App that can assist the visually impaired, a tool to prevent avoidable blindness, a data cruncher that can stop school dropouts and a program to help farmers tackle the vagaries of climate change - the power of Artificial Intelligence to solve real life and large-scale problems were detailed here on Friday by a man who is in the midst of some of the most exciting innovations in technology.
Paras Jain remembers his school principal’s reaction when he told him about his decision to pursue engineering.
“He told me you are making a big mistake. Instead pursue arts,” Jain says. Now 22, Jain is happy he chose a career in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM), even though the graduation period for the visually challenged student was tough with lack of access to physical infrastructure in college and zero availability of digital books to support students like Jain.
Madurai: Two mobile applications, Dignify, to help people with visual impairments to read English books on their own and VIKAS, for children with special needs to overcome learning difficulties caused due to visual processing defects, were launched at the Aravind Eye Hospitals on Thursday.
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM:Education Minister C Ravindranath said all the campuses in the state would be fully insured from the next academic year. Replying to the demand for grants in the state Budget, Ravindranath said the government had decided to insure all the students, teachers and other staff, including cooks, for the first time in Asia.
SRINAGAR: Blinded by pellets, 16-year-old Insha Mushtaq joined a special course for the visually challenged at Delhi Public School (DPS) Srinagar on Wednesday, having cleared her matriculation exam in January this year.
“I am very excited. I got my admission in 11th class in Delhi Public School, and today is my first day in the school,” Insha said while heading to school.
Chief Minister Raman Singh on Tuesday had breakfast with the visually impaired students of Jashpur School and asked the students to recite Mathematics table at the breakfast table.
A visually handicapped student of Standard-I, Raju recited the table uninterruptedly much to the amazement of the Chief Minister and the gathering.
Singh appreciated the student and said even he cannot remember the Mathematics table of 26. He blessed the boy with a bright future.
The Chief Minister later invited the visually impaired school children for breakfast.
MADURAI: The Madurai bench of the Madras high court on Monday ordered notice to various organs of the state government and the Tamil University on a plea seeking steps to disseminate ‘Thirukkural, the ancient didactic Tamil literary work, to the visually impaired by bringing out a Braille version in Tamil as well as English.
The Joint Action Committee of the Associations for the Disabled is planning to stage an agitation on Wednesday to protest against the alleged behaviour of M. Rajendran, Commissioner, Tamil Nadu State Co-operative Societies Election Commission, towards two persons with disabilities.
KOCHI: The national blind football team, which also comprises four players from Kerala, will soon leave for Japan to participate in the IBSA Blind Football World Grand Prix scheduled at Tokyo from March 21 to March 25.The Indian squad, which ranks 29 in the IBSA Blind Football ranking, will participate in the ‘development games’ which will be held in conjunction with the grand prix. The team will play against the Belgium and Japan B teams.
HYDERABAD: LV Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, has developed Fittle, the world’s first 3D printed Braille Puzzle. Created in collaboration with Serviceplan and educational toy company Ravensburger to develop Fittle, the puzzle is for millions of visually impaired children across the world. Fittle models can be downloaded from the Fittle website and 3D-printed at almost zero cost, making Braille more accessible than ever.
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