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Visually impaired pilot aims to raise 1m pounds with microlight trip |
Hilton-Barber is the first blind person to fly over the English Channel in a microlight, holds the British duel microlight high-altitude record and has wing-walked on a fully aerobatic 450 HP Boeing... |
Adventure and Sports |
23/Jul/2012 |
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Soccer Sight to bring commentary to blind and partially sighted fans |
BBC NI recently teamed up with the RNIB NI, the IFA’s Grassroots Department and the George Best Foundation to introduce the initiative at Northern Ireland’s home internationals.<br><br>A... |
Adventure and Sports |
23/Jul/2012 |
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Turkey’s visually impaired to get GPS devices |
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General |
23/Jul/2012 |
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S.S.L.C. Topper |
Kerala State Institute of Educational Technology (S.I.E.T.) recently launched audio C.D.s of class 10th syllabus in a condensed format for visually impaired students.
Titled `S.S.L.C. Topper', the C.... |
Education and Employment |
23/Jul/2012 |
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A computer center for blind children in Chandigarh |
Set up with funds from ‘Dell Foundation’, the first Dell computer centre in Chandigarh (Punjab) was inaugurated at the Institute for the Blind, recently.
The centre has 12 Dell desktops and two... |
Education and Employment |
23/Jul/2012 |
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Blind navigators lead the sighted drivers in Mumbai car rally |
The uniqueness about the event was that the route was kept under wraps and it was made known to the rally drivers only during the course of the rally.
The 70 kilometer long journey led by blind... |
Adventure and Sports |
23/Jul/2012 |
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Teddy bear business to help blind women in India |
Students and lecturers from the B.A. (Honours) Fashion, Textiles Enterprise course (the University of Portsmouth, U.K), visited the women at ‘The Little flower convent’ (Chennai) to run workshops... |
General |
23/Jul/2012 |
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Blind masseur to give hands-on lessons in Malaysia |
A blind Tokyo masseur will put his healing hands to work as a volunteer at a facility for the physically disabled in Malaysia with the hope he can "pass techniques on and make a difference."
Saburo... |
General |
23/Jul/2012 |
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HSBC Bank announces audio accessible ATMs available in more than 250 locations across the U.S. |
HSBC Bank USA, N.A. today announced the availability of
audio-enabled or "talking" ATMs in more than 250 locations across the
U.S. The talking ATMs provide spoken instructions in... |
Product and Technology |
23/Jul/2012 |
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Technology empowers visually impaired voters |
Dorothy Nykiel stepped away from the polling machine set up at the Barnstable Unitarian Church satisfied with her choices: Strawberry ice cream, a Ferrari, Frank Sinatra and three-day weekends.... |
Product and Technology |
23/Jul/2012 |
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