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Bihar siblings overcome poverty, disability to qualify for IIT |
Jaipur: When polio crippled Krishna Kumar as a child, he could not go to school till his younger brother, Basant, was old enough to be enrolled along with him.Their family was so poor that they could... |
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20/Jun/2016 |
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Hack built to help visually impaired catch a bus |
BENGALURU: An app that would help the visually impaired catch buses on their own was the highlight of a hackathon held in the city this weekend.
This was one of three hacks that 20 members of Random... |
Achievements, General |
20/Jun/2016 |
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Tablet for Visually Impaired individuals developed in Azerbaijan |
Azerbaijani developers have created a display of the Braille Pad tablet PC for visually impaired individuals, project leader Rashid Aliyev told Trend on June 14.
The prototype of the tablet is... |
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16/Jun/2016 |
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White Sox Welcome Visually Impaired Students To The Cell To Play Ball |
Armour Square: Before theWhite Sox invited her to U.S. Cellular Field to experience what it’s like to play baseball, Jasmin Washington had never set foot in a ballpark. The 16-year-old visually... |
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10/Jun/2016 |
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Turning Paralympic Sport of Goalball Into a Video Game |
The bounce of a ball, the jingle of a bell and the roar of the crowd — these are the sounds of goalball, the Paralympic sport of champions. Introduced to the world in the 1976 Summer Paralympics in... |
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09/Jun/2016 |
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More visually-impaired children now going to schools: Study |
There was a 17.36% rise in enrolment of visually challenged children in schools between 2002 and 2009, NCERT's eighth all-India school education survey has revealed.
With 40,635 students,... |
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09/Jun/2016 |
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Blind woman starts up voice recording company inside Clifton Park home |
CLIFTON PARK, N.Y. (NEWS10) – A local woman took her skills as a voiceover actor and entered a competition to win money for expanding her business. The catch? All those competing were blind.
You... |
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09/Jun/2016 |
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Visually impaired runner among the elite at women’s mini-marathon in Dublin |
Dublin: “My vision is quite blurry, but I was able to follow the track. I had a guide with me, but I lost her,” said Niamh from Co Laois.
“I thought I would do well because I have been... |
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07/Jun/2016 |
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HC: Blind people eligible to be awarded distributorship of regular LPG |
KOCHI: The Kerala High Court on Monday held that visually challenged persons are eligible to be awarded distributorship of regular LPG. Justice A Muhamed Mustaque issued the order on a petition by... |
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01/Jun/2016 |
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Pothole Detection for the Visually Impaired |
Over the years, researchers and companies have invented plenty of devices to help people with visual impairments avoid objects such as a desk or chair. Many of these gadgets used ultrasonic sensors... |
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31/May/2016 |
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