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Navigation Helmet For The Blind Is A Good Idea But An Incomplete One

Navigation Helmet For The Blind Is A Good Idea But An Incomplete One

Researchers at the University of Bristol have been busy designing a cool new helmet to help the visually impaired who find it difficult to perfect the system of clicks and whistles. The Navigation Helmet has been programmed to automatically transform a map of the surrounding area into sound. This means that all sort of real-life imagery of local obstacles [...]
The Blind may Soon be Able to Hear What They Can’t See

The Blind may Soon be Able to Hear What They Can’t See

Visual deformities and blindness can be one of the most severe forms of debilities a human being can have. The disability stops the person from performing normally and even hinders self support and safety techniques. Researchers in Europe are in the process of completing a project which would convert visual stimuli into auditory information, so that [...]