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Braille boards, bulletins, timetables and menu-cards in Bhopal |
Blind visitors at Van Vihar National Park are discovering the wildlife treasures through Braille scripted information put up at various points at the park. In a first of it kind endeavour, volunteers... |
General |
26/Jul/2012 |
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Dell accessible computers for visually impaired U.S. veterans |
In a contract signed between the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (V.A.) and Electronic Vision Access Solutions (E.V.A.S.), blind and visually impaired veterans throughout the United States will... |
Product and Technology |
26/Jul/2012 |
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IBM applies technology for disabled at aging baby boomers |
With a program specifically addressing the needs of disabled people and several existing technologies - for overcoming speech, hearing, visual, tactile and cognitive impediments - IBM is positioned... |
Product and Technology |
26/Jul/2012 |
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Blindness isn't slowing down Enrique Oliu: Spanish radio sports broadcaster |
Tampa Bay Spanish radio broadcaster, Enrique Oliu has been a witness to almost every great play Devil Rays have turned at Tropicana Field, ever since he joined the broadcast crew in 1999. Oliu, a... |
Adventure and Sports |
26/Jul/2012 |
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Punjab athletes threaten to return medals due to state apathy |
Visually impaired athletes Gurpreet Singh, Rajinder Singh, Vivek Monga and Balwinder Singh kept their promises and won medals for their country. But Punjab Chief Minister Capt. Amrinder Singh is yet... |
Adventure and Sports |
26/Jul/2012 |
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Device guides blind students around Utah University campus |
Students at Utah State University have created the “Way Finder", which combines four location technologies into one unit. A wireless network, Pedometer, Global Positioning System and Digital... |
Product and Technology |
26/Jul/2012 |
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Gene Therapy to cure Retinoschisis |
Researchers at the University of Florida's Genetics Institute successfully used gene therapy in mice to treat Retinoschisis, a rare incurable genetic eye disease that affects boys.
Retinal cells... |
Medical |
26/Jul/2012 |
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Visually impaired student to run in first Brunei marathon |
The Pt Brunei Marathon will be held on December 11, 2005. Among the many marathon enthusiasts taking part, is Noralizulrainee Ali Yusop, a visually impaired university student in Brunei.
Both... |
Adventure and Sports |
26/Jul/2012 |
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Blind chess player to compete at the World Individual Championships |
“I am equal to any sighted person on a chess board,” said blind chess player Chris Ross. He will take part in the World Individual Championships next year in Mumbai, India after retaining his title... |
Adventure and Sports |
26/Jul/2012 |
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Talking billing machine speaks aloud the bill amount |
Visually impaired persons will no longer have to depend on their family or friends to read out the bill at a telephone booth. A machine manufactured by Tata Indicom reads aloud the bill amount. After... |
Product and Technology |
26/Jul/2012 |
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