GOLDEN, Colo. — An innovative, new device is helping people who are blind or low-vision feel facial expressions. HapWare uses haptics or vibrations on the wrist to relay visual cues like gestures. It ...

Engineering and social sciences are widely considered to be separate fields of practice. However, all technology we develop has the capacity to shape the society in which it is applied. This spring ...

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Researchers at the University of California, Santa Cruz, are developing new assistive technologies for the blind based on advances in computer vision that have emerged from research in robotics. A ...

TALLADEGA — The Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind on Friday, May 30, played host to an all-day technology symposium titled, “Driving Innovation: advancing accessibility for individuals with ...

There's no doubt that a standard white cane can be quite helpful, but it isn't all that … interactive. The Glide device certainly appears to be, however, as it verbally and physically guides blind ...

There's a new initiative from a local nonprofit to get technology in the hands of children who are either blind or visually ...

Experience how a blind user leverages cutting-edge AI and iPhone technology to explore the beach in Oceanside, California.

Rochester Institute of Technology student Kevin Farnand has been part of the Studio 930 Design Consultancy since its inception three years ago. But this summer is particularly special for Farnand, who ...

VISUALLY impaired Jamaicans should no longer be shut out of jury service, Senator Floyd Morris asserted last Friday, arguing ...