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MIT Researchers Design Ring To Help Visually-Impaired People Read |
MIT Media Lab has released a video demonstrating wearable technology that could help people with visual impairments read more easily.
Wearers of “FingerReader” move their fingers over words on a... |
Science & technology, Product and Technology |
21/Feb/2014 |
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Here come handy devices for the disabled |
Last week, in the centre of a crammed Goregaon office, a skull served as a soft toy. People patted its blue head on the way to their desks and returned its toothy smile. Despite having two holes for... |
Science & technology, Product and Technology |
21/Feb/2014 |
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Shotcuts: A tale of romance |
Director Raj Murugan’s Cuckoo, which stars Attakathi Dinesh in the lead, is a tale of romance between two visually impaired individuals. “They make sense of the world through sound and touch. Cuckoo... |
General |
21/Feb/2014 |
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Sochi Winter Paralympics: Guide to the sports |
The Winter Paralympics started in 1976 in Ornskoldsvik, Sweden featuring 198 athletes from 16 countries.
The Games featured alpine and Nordic skiing for amputee and visually impaired athletes and a... |
Adventure and Sports |
21/Feb/2014 |
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Visually impaired Indian cricket team looking for that elusive win in Pakistan |
Captain Shekhar Naik wants to break the losing streak in Pakistan but even in the second T- 20 match on Sunday, the Indian team's luck did not hold. Pakistan scored the target of 208 runs set by... |
Adventure and Sports |
21/Feb/2014 |
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Veer: Visually impaired Ankit Jindal is the marketing manager at Wipro |
According to some estimates India has almost 70 million people living with some form of disability, but hardly 1 per cent of them are employed. Ankit Rajiv Jindal, marketing manager at Wipro in... |
General |
21/Feb/2014 |
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Lending a voice: Volunteers help visually impaired enjoy newspapers |
From the outside, the modest structure, once a private residence, on South Oakland Avenue near SIU appears to be quite ordinary. But the work a team of about 30 volunteers creates within the walls... |
General |
21/Feb/2014 |
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Purshottam Express gets first Braille-embedded coach |
The Purushottam Express is slated to become the first train in the country to have a Braille-embedded AC coach for the visually-challenged passengers. In a first of its kind, the Railways have... |
General |
17/Feb/2014 |
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Visually impaired students left high and dry without a building to study in |
Students of a school for visually impaired girls, along with their teachers, on Monday protested against the Tehsil Municipal Administration for denying them proper school premises and demanded they... |
Discrimination |
12/Feb/2014 |
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Shoes that show the way |
In the past few years, we have seen several devices designed to help to guide visually impaired. Now, two Indian techies have created a shoe-smartphone combination navigation device - an insole... |
Science & technology, Product and Technology |
12/Feb/2014 |
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