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Humans Can Learn to 'Echolocate' in Just 10 Weeks, Experiment Shows
Most humans can learn how to echolocate, using their tongue to make clicking sounds and interpreting the echoes that come back, reflected from the surrounding environment. Despite how useful this skill can be, very few blind people are currently taught how to do it.
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The Turkish blind painter, Esref Armagan
Turkish artist Esref Armagan is one of the few blind commercial painters in the world. Blind from birth, he learned to draw by touching and copying carved shapes. As he grew older, Armagan adapted techniques which allowed him to add perspective to his work. A few critics suggested that his art was not his own, a claim refuted by those who witnessed him paint. Today, Armagan’s artwork is in demand internationally. He also mentors young visually impaired children, demonstrating how they can achieve their artistic dreams.
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LEGO launches Braille bricks for children to learn Braille.
LEGO Foundation and LEGO Group announced their new project to help blind and visually impaired children learn Braille through custom LEGO Braille Bricks.
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Blind Bride Gets Tactile Wedding Photo Album to Remember Her Special Day
If you’re a wedding photographer, how do you serve a client who has absolutely no eyesight? A photographer and videographer over in Australia recently teamed up to create a special tactile wedding photo album for their blind bride.
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This new technology lets blind people 'see' on a scenic car ride
Ford's new technology uses vibrations to allow the visually impaired to experience the scenery.
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This company wants to replace braille with a controversial new font
Little has changed in the way of tactile reading and writing since Louis Braille published his braille system in 1829. But ELIA has big plans.
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The Complicated Quest To Redesign Braille
ELIA Frames is a new tactile reading system that claims to be easier to learn than braille. Is it necessary? By Meg Miller.
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Dot produces the world's first Braille smartwatch.
The watch displays the information with the use of four Brailly cells that move dynamically and allows the user to select the character update speed. It connects to smartphones with Bluetooth and can receive text from apps and services like Messenger or others. The watch can also be used to send messages.
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Why Blind People Are Better at Math
Bernard Morin developed glaucoma at an early age and was blind by the time he was six years old. Despite his inability to see, Morin went on to become a master topologist... By Diana Kwon.
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