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Jamaicans win blind cricket title |
Jamaica defeated hosts Barbados to win the first ever ‘Regional Blind Cricket Championship’, recently.
In the finals, played at the Carlton Sports Club, Jamaica made 196 for five wickets from 27.1... |
Adventure and Sports |
23/Jul/2012 |
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Trinetra lets blind people shop independently |
Engineers at Carnegie Mellon University (C.M.U.) are developing affordable scanning systems to give blind people greater independence in daily activities, such as cooking, grocery shopping or riding... |
Product and Technology |
23/Jul/2012 |
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Braille book on H.I.V. and A.I.D.S. |
Key to preventing the spread of H.I.V/A.I.D.S disease is information. A book in Braille has been launched in Namibia that gives all the essential information on H.I.V./A.I.D.S. to visually impaired... |
General |
23/Jul/2012 |
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Software to help visually impaired play better |
‘Talk 64’, the first-of-its kind talking software will make playing the game of chess for visually impaired players much easier and simpler.
Talk 64 has a distinct audio feature. It will keep players... |
Product and Technology |
23/Jul/2012 |
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Photo exhibition for blind people |
The world’s first photography exhibition for blind people began in Florence (Italy) in October 2006, as part of the inauguration of the ‘Museo Nazionale Alinari della Fotografia’ or the National... |
General |
23/Jul/2012 |
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Blind Minister |
He listens to audio cassettes and dictates his sermons and notes on tape. His entire sermon is done by memory and he does not use any notes. He knows very little Braille.Ronnie Tollette is the new... |
General |
23/Jul/2012 |
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Climbing Mount Yushan |
40 mountaineers from Taiwan, China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Japan, Korea and Malaysia, will climb the tallest (12,966 feet) peak in Southeast Asia – Mt. Yushan. They are being led by David Chang.
Chang... |
Adventure and Sports |
23/Jul/2012 |
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Drug combats vision loss disorder |
Injections of the drug ‘Lucentis’ can improve sight in people with a particular form of retina degeneration.
A study in the New England Journal of Medicine (U.K.) found that the drug slowed vision... |
Medical |
23/Jul/2012 |
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A perfect home for visually impaired people |
The apartment seems like any other model home at first. Then you hear the microwave and the bathroom scale talk.The new apartment, built inside the American Foundation for the Blind, Dallas, (U.S.),... |
Product and Technology |
23/Jul/2012 |
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Robotiker-Tecnalia wins the O.N.C.E. International R&D Award |
The award winning project aims to develop a system that enables blind and visually impaired persons to read by means of a mobile device. The device reads out various information displays for everyday... |
Product and Technology |
23/Jul/2012 |
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