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Seven from state selected to play World Cup in Cape Town |
Seven players from Gujarat have been selected as part of the Indian Cricket team for Blind for the World Cup Tournament 2014 in South Africa to be held in November. Gujarat has the largest... |
General, Adventure and Sports |
12/Aug/2014 |
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‘I don’t have both eyes, but Siddaramaiah does’ |
As the protest by gazetted probationers of the KPSC 2011 batch intensified on Saturday, 32-year-old Kempahonnaiah showed no signs of fatigue.
Selected on his second attempt at the exam, the visually-... |
Achievements, General |
11/Aug/2014 |
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Krish's Dream Fulfilled |
Director Krish Joshi of Parapancha is elated as he has managed to bring Ravindra Jain, music composer, lyricist and a playback singer, to Sandalwood.
Jain, who was born visually impaired, started of... |
General |
11/Aug/2014 |
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No need of eyes for judging everything: Visually impaired Umaria collector |
Newly-appointed Umaria District Collector Krishna Gopal Tiwari, who is visually impaired, says one does not need eyes to judge everything.
For the first time in Madhya Pradesh, a visually impaired... |
General |
11/Aug/2014 |
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Tactile tiles of little use to visually-impaired |
Tactile tiles, which are virtually the guiding lights for the visually-impaired, are hardly of any use to them in the Capital. Sometimes they end up leading into drains, as outside the power station... |
Accessibility, General |
11/Aug/2014 |
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US Gateway unveils app for the visually impaired passengers |
San Francisco International Airport has unveiled a prototype version of a smartphone app, which can help visually-impaired passengers to navigate through an airport terminal.
The app was... |
Accessibility, General, Science & technology, Product and Technology |
08/Aug/2014 |
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The blind photographer |
Brenden Borrellini was born completely deaf and with limited sight that developed into complete blindness. His disability presented many obstacles for him growing up but with a lot of hard work and... |
Achievements, General |
08/Aug/2014 |
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Accessibility for the visually challenged |
In its 10th year of operations, the Xavier's Resource Centre for the Visually Challenged (XRCVC) under the ADIP scheme of the Department of Disability Affairs, Ministry of Social Justice and... |
Accessibility, General, Science & technology, Product and Technology, Education and Employment |
08/Aug/2014 |
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New Device Lets Blind Boy See Through Sensations |
A seven-year-old Chinese boy whose eyes were gouged out in an attack last year is able to see objects through a Brainport device by sending vibrations through the boy's tongue nerves.
The... |
General, Science & technology, Product and Technology |
08/Aug/2014 |
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IBM's New Brain-Like Chip Squeezes One Million Neurons Onto A Stamp |
Cognitive computing has been one of our most exciting frontiers for years. It’s enticing to think that we can someday build a computer that’s as powerful and as efficient as a brain... |
General, Science & technology, Product and Technology |
08/Aug/2014 |
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