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Soon 'smart glasses' that could help the blind to see

Wed, 08/06/2014 - 16:18 -- nikita.jain

Researchers have developed new 'Star Trek-style' smart glasses that could transform the lives of blind and partially-sighted people.
According to a report, the glasses don’t replace lost vision but assist with spatial awareness and this will also be the first large-scale test of smart glasses and augmented reality for sight enhancement worldwide.
The joint project between the University of Oxford and the Royal National Institute of Blind People, will first create 100 pairs to test on 1,000 people.

Safaiwala

Wed, 08/06/2014 - 12:54 -- geeta.nair
HQ BEG & Centre Roorkee/810 CETC C/O 56 APO
Ministry of Defence
Notice No. 75328/Vacancy/2014
Highlights of the advertisement are given below, for further information and application format, kindly refer to the Employment News dated 26 July  2014, page no. 39

The last date of submission of application is 21.08.2014

Sound solutions

Wed, 08/06/2014 - 11:02 -- nikita.jain

-Radio Udaan, a pan-Indian online radio initiative run for and by the blind, offers a platform for the visually challenged to network, counsel and motivate each otherThey RJ shows, report news, network for content, manage software platforms, handle web hosting and design, and take care of finance, administration and marketing — all this, without the support of sight. Tune in to Radio Udaan, an amazing pan-Indian online radio initiative for the blind, manned exclusively by the blind.
 

Store Superintendent

Tue, 08/05/2014 - 12:53 -- geeta.nair
Central Employment Exchange
Advt. No. 9/2014
Highlights of the advertisement are given below, for further information and application format, kindly refer to the Employment News dated 2 August  2014, page no. 55
The last date of submission of application is 19.08.2014
 
Last date for receipt of application from candidates residing in far flung areas: 25.08.2014

ENABLE THE DISABLED

Tue, 08/05/2014 - 11:33 -- nikita.jain

-Albert Einstein, George Washington, Beethoven, Helen Keller, Thomas Edison, Graham Bell — all faced one form of disability or the other. As a new academic session has started in colleges, we need to remind ourselves of this fact in order to look at the differently abled from an alternative perspective, says ANANYA BORGOHAIN
My advice to other disabled people would be, concentrate on things your disability doesn’t prevent you from doing well, and don’t regret the things it interferes with. Don’t be disabled in spirit as well as physically — Stephen Hawking

Officer Junior Management Scale-I (Assistant Manager) and Office Assistant (Multipurpose)

Mon, 08/04/2014 - 14:48 -- geeta.nair
Kerala Gramin Bank
P.B. No.10, KGB Towers, AK Road, 
Malapuram, Kerala-676505
Tel: (0483) 2736674/2733508/2734269
Fax : 0483 2733509
Highlights of the advertisement are given below, for complete details visit www.keralagbank.com or refer to the Emloyment News dated 2 August 2014, page no. 41
Important dates:

For schools to be safe

Wed, 07/30/2014 - 16:55 -- nikita.jain

-On December 17, 2012, exactly a day after the Delhi gangrape case that shook the country, a three-year-old girl was taken to the toilet of  her play school in Delhi and raped by the owner-principal’s husband. She is not the only child violated in a space considered to be the safest space for children after their homes — the school. This ugly reality has come to light once again with a six-year-old being sexually abused in a school in Bangalore. Every report specified that it took place at an “elite school”, as if such incidents only take place among the poor and this was new.

Documentary on Vaikom Vijayalakshmi Released

Wed, 07/30/2014 - 12:17 -- nikita.jain

 
A documentary on singer Vaikom Vijayalakshmi, directed by V K Subhash, was released here on Sunday.   An august audience, including writer M K Sanu, music director Jerry Amaldev and Assistant Commissioner for Traffic Baby Vinod, attended the documentary release held at the Children’s Park. Vijayalakshmi has been suffering from an incurable form of blindness since birth.

Academy Teaching Visually Impaired Students Life Skills

Wed, 07/30/2014 - 11:49 -- nikita.jain

 
 
Two dozen visually impaired students are part of the Summer Academy in State College where they're learning every day life skills as well as things specifically for the visually impaired.

"We're taught from a really early age how we're different and we need to access the world differently," says Jessica Minneci, a 17-year-old student at the Summer Academy.
The students are learning skills like cracking an egg, signing a credit card slip and crossing the street. Minneci says these are skills sighted people learn from watching their parents.

Lab for visually impaired gets Sh4.5mn GE donation

Wed, 07/30/2014 - 11:39 -- nikita.jain

 
Kenya is among several African countries set to benefit from a skills transfer programme supported by General Electric (GE) the global infrastructure leader.
The citizenship programme dubbed ‘Kujenga’ aims at empowering people by building valuable skills, equipping communities with new tools and technology, and elevating ideas that will help solve Africa’s challenges.

Start-ups coming up with new applications for the visually impaired

Wed, 07/30/2014 - 11:14 -- nikita.jain

A host of applications that help the visually impaired navigate the world- both digital and real- is being developed by about half a dozen startups that are also gaining investor attention.

These ventures which are building mobile applications, braille enabled printers and personal devices are enthused by policy support in this year's union budget to increase production of braille textbooks and currency notes with braille markings.

Central Teachers Eligibility Test (CTET)

Mon, 07/28/2014 - 13:11 -- geeta.nair
 Central Teachers Eligibility Test (CTET)
Central Board of Secondary Education, Delhi
PS 1-2, Institutional Area, IP Extn., Patparganj,
Delhi-110092
Highlights of the advertisement are given below, for complete details visit www.ctet.nic.in
Important dates:
 
Online Submission of application through CTET website www.ctet.nic.in : 15.07.2014 to 04.08.2014
 

An Obama dinner invite for a disabled Indian girl

Mon, 07/28/2014 - 12:52 -- nikita.jain

Next week, US President Barack Obama and his wife will host 12 disabled people from all over the world, including one from Mumbai, for an exclusive dinner at the White House. 

The lucky Mumbaikar from suburban Goregaon is athlete Neha P Naik, 23, who is a Special Olympics International Global Messenger, besides taking part in the 100 metres and shot put events. 

Proteas squad hosts coaching clinic for visually impaired cricketers in Lanka

Fri, 07/25/2014 - 11:35 -- nikita.jain

Johannesburg: Members of the South Africa squad took time out to host a coaching clinic for visually impaired cricketers in Colombo on Tuesday, ahead of their second Test against Sri Lanka, which is underway at the Sinhalese Sports Club Ground.

The clinic is part of the `Seeing is Believing` campaign, which aims to raise funds for Sri Lanka`s visually impaired cricket team heading to the Cricket World Cup to be held in South Africa in November.

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