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Trinidad to host cricket tournament for visually impaired |
Visually impaired cricketers from the six Caribbean countries will get a chance to display their skills at a tournament organised exclusively for them and the best among them will find a place in a... |
Adventure and Sports |
20/Jul/2012 |
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Gift to visually challenged |
Lakhs of visually challenged students, deprived of text books and magazines in Braille for years, will be a happy lot. The reason — a software called ‘Poornachandra Tejaswi Braille Kannada Thanthra... |
Product and Technology |
20/Jul/2012 |
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Robot helps blind children find write way |
A robot and special computer are helping New Zealand blind children learn to write for the first time.
The system works by combining a touch-screen computer and a robotic arm. As a teacher draws on... |
Product and Technology |
20/Jul/2012 |
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Gelman helps disabled students access library resources |
Thanks to a donation and collaboration between Gelman Library and Disability Support Services, blind and visually impaired students can now access resources in the library with more ease.
Last month... |
Education and Employment |
20/Jul/2012 |
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Sense and sensibility |
EAR TO THE GROUND
The People with Disabilities Act, which is being revamped, should make inclusive design a reality in all products and places.
The People with Disabilities Act, now... |
General |
20/Jul/2012 |
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Pioneering Eye Surgery Network Receives 2008 Gates Award for Global Health |
In recognition of its groundbreaking work to prevent debilitating blindness and provide affordable, world-class eye care to the poor, the Aravind Eye Care System, based in Tamil Nadu, India, has won... |
General |
20/Jul/2012 |
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Helping blocks for handicap |
The visually-challenged commuters travelling on Western Railway (WR)will soon find it easy to locate compartment meant for handicaps, asthe administration has decided to fix special chequered blocks... |
General |
20/Jul/2012 |
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Packaging innovations from Drupa 2008 |
Drupa 2008, the largest printing equipment exhibition in the world, had new products for the pharmaceutical industry on show from FAG, Xerox, Amcor Flexibles and AVT.
Switzerland-based FAG Graphic... |
Product and Technology |
20/Jul/2012 |
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Scientists invent bionic eyeball to cure blindness |
German scientists have invented a wireless bionic eyeball that canrestore vision to patients who have become blind due to retina damageor disease.
The new prosthetic device caps 12 years of research... |
Product and Technology |
20/Jul/2012 |
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Plan Seeks More Access for Disabled |
The Bush administration is about to propose far-reaching new rules thatwould give people with disabilities greater access to tens of thousandsof courtrooms, swimming pools, golf courses, stadiums,... |
Product and Technology |
20/Jul/2012 |
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