Microsoft Kinect Sample Gesture Using GIST Last week two research groups made great breakthroughs using Microsoft’s Kinect technology to help further accessibility for the blind. One development enables “hands free” navigation using the Kinect Sensor, while the other is a ...
An analog radio is one of the most important products for blind people. Ilgu Cha from the Royal College of Art in London is an award winning designer who has developed the R-1 analog radio, which can be operated by ...
Researchers at the University of Bristol in England have developed a new method to convert images from lasers and digital cameras into real-time, three dimensional acoustic maps that help the blind navigate around obstacles in their path. The images are ...
Industrial designer Jonathan Lucas has developed a concept PC specially designed for blind people. Named after a blind ant found in West Africa and Congo, the Siafu PC utilizes a conceptual material called Magneclay to provide a digitally tactile interface. ...
The U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has been developing (and licensing) two novel technologies that may help bring to the market affordable graphic reading systems for the blind and visually impaired. The two systems bring electronic images ...