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Cairns’ Marita Cheng launches app to help blind people ‘see’ |
FORMER Cairns student Marita Cheng is one of the city’s best and brightest – now she is helping the world’s blind and visually impaired “see” using computer vision.
The entrepreneurial St Mary’s... |
Achievements, General, Product and Technology, Education and Employment |
18/Aug/2015 |
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New programme that teaches blind students Math launched in Mumbai |
In A world where children shy away from maths, 15-year-old Bhavya Shah stands out. He loves the subject, and, when he grows up, he wants to be a computer engineer. It’s a dream that until now would... |
General, Science & technology, Product and Technology, Education and Employment |
17/Aug/2015 |
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Land Use Controversy: State to look into demand for residential home for the blind |
After a wait of at least two decades, a group of visually-impaired persons led by Anil Khurana has won half the battle for a residential accommodation at a plot which was sanctioned to the Poona... |
General, Policy News |
17/Aug/2015 |
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Now, an affordable Braille smartwatch for the blind! |
Washington :South Korean startup has developed an affordable Braille smartwatch which allows the visually impaired to receive and read text messages in real time and even read e-books.
The wearable,... |
General, Science & technology, Product and Technology |
17/Aug/2015 |
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Madras HC Asks LIC to Keep 3 Per Cent DO Posts Vacant for Differantly-abled |
CHENNAI: Madras High Court has directed public sector insurance giant LIC to keep vacant three per cent of the posts in the current recruitment for Apprentice Development Officers for persons with... |
General, Policy News, Education and Employment |
14/Aug/2015 |
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Disability rehabilitation centre to come up in Udupi |
Deputy Commissioner R. Vishal said on Wednesday that a District Disability Rehabilitation Centre (DDRC) would be set up on the first floor of the Indian Red Cross Society (IRCS) Bhavan here at an... |
General, Education and Employment |
13/Aug/2015 |
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A smart cane to help the visually challenged |
There was excitement at Government Arts College when some visually challenged persons tried out a smart cane that helps them sense objects from 1.8 to three metres and obstructions that are waist... |
General, Product and Technology |
13/Aug/2015 |
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This IIT-Delhi professor has blind people's problems in his gunsight |
NEW DELHI: What if a blind person tapping his way down the street prods a ferocious dog with his white cane? The scenario came up in a conversation between Dipendra Manocha, then director of IT and... |
General, Product and Technology, Education and Employment |
10/Aug/2015 |
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Flicker of hope for visually challenged IIM-L girl |
LUCKNOW: The 19-year-old visually impaired Paridhi Varma who made it to Indian Institute of Management- Lucknow despite only 10% vision has now all reasons to smile. Following TOI's report on Paridhi... |
General, Medical, Education and Employment |
10/Aug/2015 |
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National Institute for the Visually Handicapped BEd Special Education (Visual Impairment) admissions 2015 |
NIVH BEd admissions 2015
National Institute for the Visually Handicapped Regional Centre (NIVH), Chennai, invites applications for admission to Two Year B.Ed., Special Education (Visual Impairment... |
General, Education and Employment |
10/Aug/2015 |
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