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OLED-Enhanced Super Glasses Could Help Blind People See

Eyeglasses have long improved the vision of nearsighted and farsighted people, but now, researchers at the University of Oxford are developing a pair that could help the blind see.

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Meaningful gifts

For the festive season, NGOs offer a range of gifting ideas that will make a difference to the lives of the underprivileged.

At the Pune School and Home for the Blind, groups of four students make a product called Candle In Wine Glass. The wax, in orange and yellow, is poured into transparent glasses. When you light them, they brighten up your room. But when you buy them, they brighten up the lives of those students — in every group, three are visually impaired and one partially sighted.

Startup creates navigator for the blind

A new Russian startup has developed a navigator with an audio guide that the visually-impaired could use to replace ultrasonic canes and other localizers.

Differently-abled: Some companies make sure their special-needs staff is as efficient as anyone else

In welcoming differently-abled people into their ranks, some companies are making sure their special-needs staff is as comfortable and efficient at the workplace as anyone else, ET reports.

Sai Krishna best in chess for visually impaired

Sixteen-year-old Sai Krishna with a score of 6/6 won the chess tournament for the blind organised by SDAT-TNSCA in celebrations of the World Championship match between Viswanathan Anand and Magnus Carlsen at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium on Tuesday.

Chess for the blind is very popular in the state, thanks to the effort of TNSCA. Specialised braille-aided chess boards were used for the tournament which was a grand success with the 76 participants. The tournament was played in a six-round Swiss format.

Diwali gifts by specially abled kids

The children at MBCN are very excited about making products for this Diwali. This would include making handmade and printed paper carry bags, envelops, gift box, chocolate box, jewelry box, cobra files products, bangle box, office kit, gift kit etc. and various handmade products. The products made by the children would be sold out at the Kiosk in some of the prominent malls of Wave group - Centre Stage mall (Noida), Wave mall (Ludhiana and Lucknow) to promote the hard work and aptitude of the differently abled students of MBCN.

Prevention need of the hour to check visual impairment

Regular eye check-up and early diagnosis of eye disorder are crucial for preventing permanent visual damage. This was the thrust of the 14th World Sight Day observed in the city on Saturday.

An event on this year’s theme “Universal Eye Health - get your eyes tested” was jointly organised by Ophthalmic Cell of Directorate of Health Services and Kar Vision Eye Hospital.

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Ministry of Defence

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Indian developers hope to launch the world's first Braille smartphone by 2014

Touchscreens have turned phones into computers. But the tech revolution has ignored the needs of the visually impaired. Now, Indian developers are working on the world's first Braille smartphone.

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No room to walk on footpaths in Pune

Visually-impaired Dhananjay Bhole prefers to walk on the road as he finds manoeuvring his way through the many obstructions on city pavements rather hazardous. Fast-moving vehicles do not scare him as much as unexpected elevations and descents, broken tiles, dug pits, tress or their branches hanging low.

CNIB helps visually impaired people lead a full life

Life is what happened while Ian White was making other plans. Diagnosed with congenital glaucoma at six months of age, he had experimental surgery and it saved his sight. He wore glasses from the age of 2, which gave him vision well into adulthood. Although he hated wearing them as a kid and found plenty of innovative ways to ditch his glasses including burying them in his sandbox, they did what they were supposed to.

Shedding 'inner light' on functioning of civic body

Umpteen reasons could be cited to give up when hurdles come across one’s way. Or stay scared before fate. Here, let’s take your attention to S L Harikumar, who now basks in the sweet success of winning a doctorate in Political Science from Kerala University.

Born visually-impaired, this assistant professor in Political Science cleared all the obstructions with his willpower and dedication to achieve his dream. He chose ‘Decentralisation and Development in Urban Local Government: A Study of Thiruvananthapuram Corporation 1995-2005’ as his topic.

Chandigarh students design glove to help blind ‘feel the world around’

Imagine a visually-impaired navigating through a crowded sidewalk or finding his way through traffic, without the aid of a walking stick or another person. In the near future, a blind person would be able to do so — by wearing a glove.

In a revolutionary technology, a city-based young student has come out with a device that can help the blind 'run through obstacles, or win a hurdle race' - in Abhinav Verma's own words.

Write, change blind fate

Finding a responsible person to do the writing for them in the examination hall is no less a source of tension for blind students than the problems created by their disability. Lack of writers is particular painful for blind students studying for an advanced degrees in universities.

Jaydev Thakkar is a blind student studying for a BEd degree. Despite his disability, he is working hard to clear the exams so that he can become a teacher. "I want to be independent. Education is the only stick which will help me find my way in life," he said.