Category Archives: blindness

Interactive Game Board Helps Toddler Learn Colors and Shapes

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Most parents would do anything to enrich their kids’ worlds and teach them what they need to know. Hacker parents often take it one step further by modifying the kid’s world to allow them to work past a disability. To wit we have an interactive game board to help a toddler learn her shapes and colors.

The toddler in question is [Becca], and her needs are special because of the progressive nature of the blindness that will result from her Usher Syndrome. [Becca] will need visual acuity testing much earlier than most toddlers, but a standard eye chart is meaningless …read more

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Scientists Are Furious Over Canada’s Bizarre Ban on Importing Zebrafish

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Research into Alzheimer’s, blindness, heart disease, and arthritis has been killed. Continue reading Scientists Are Furious Over Canada’s Bizarre Ban on Importing Zebrafish→

Refreshable Braille Display and Braille Keyboard

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Only about 10% of blind people around the world can read Braille. One primary reason is the high cost of Braille displays. The cost is a result of their complexity and reliability – required to ensure that they are able to handle wear and tear.

[Vijay] has been working since 3 years on a Refreshable Braille Display but has only recently been able to make some substantial progress after teaming up with [Paul D’souza]. During his initial experiments, he used dot matrix printer heads, but the current version uses tiny vibration motors as used in mobile phones. He’s converting rotary …read more

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