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	Blind Driver Challenge Receives Top Graphical System SOURCE National Federation of the Blind Share Baltimore, Maryland (August 16, 2010): The National Federation of the Blind’s Blind Driver Challengean innovative effort to create a nonvisual interface that empowers a blind person to operate an automobilereceived the 2010 Application of the Year Award at the National Instruments Graphical System Design Achievement Awards ceremony held during the NIWeek annual conference in Austin, Texas. In response to a challenge issued by the National Federation of the Blind (NFB), students and researchers at Virginia Techusing National Instruments (NI) technologydeveloped a semi-autonomous vehicle that allows a blind driver to successfully navigate, control speed, and avoid collision while traversing a closed driving course. NIWeek, hosted by National Instruments, is the world’s leading graphical system design conference and exhibition, showcasing the latest developments in graphical system design, virtual instrumentation, and commercial technologies. The Virginia Tech/TORC Blind Driver Challenge team project also received the Graphical System Design Achievement Award in the Robotics category. Dr. Marc Maurer, President of the National Federation of the Blind, said: “The Blind Driver Challenge is a National Federation of the Blind initiative to cause the creation of a nonvisual driving interface for the blind. We can build a car that the blind can drive independently and safely. All we need is an interface that can capture information from the environment and provide it to the blind driver in nonvisual ways. The innovations produced in the process of creating this blind-drivable vehicle will... (Read More... \| 5143 bytes more \| comments? \| Score: 0)

	Posted by admindonon Tuesday, August 17 @ 18:13:05 CDT (147 reads)


	Blinded soldier now able to 'see' with his tongue SOURCE Telegraph UK A soldier blinded by a grenade in Iraq has described how his life has been transformed by ground-breaking technology that enables him to ''see'' with his tongue. Lance Corporal Craig Lundberg, 24, from Walton, Liverpool, can read words, identify shapes and walk unaided thanks to the BrainPort device, despite being totally blind. The Liverpool fan, who plays blind football for England, lost his sight after being struck by a rocket-propelled grenade while serving in Basra in 2007. He was faced with the prospect of relying on a guide dog or cane for the rest of his life. But he was chosen by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) to be the first... (Read More... \| 4798 bytes more \| comments? \| Score: 0)

	Posted by admindonon Thursday, March 25 @ 10:29:01 CDT (106 reads)


	Paralyzed Artist Draws With His Eyes SOURCE NEATORAMA By John Farrier Graffiti artist Tony Quan suffers from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (Lou Gehrig’s Disease) and is unable to move any part of his body other than his eyes. But thanks to an open source computer project called EyeWriter, he can still draw. The technology tracks the movements of his eyes, allows him to select different shapes and colors, and then projects his images onto the sides of buildings. The above video is a selection from a documentary about the project. SEE THE VIDEO AT END OF STORY (Read More... \| 1502 bytes more \| comments? \| Score: 0)

	Posted by admindonon Tuesday, March 23 @ 14:30:25 CDT (141 reads)


	ReWalk into a new life Argo Medical Technologies has developed a device, named ReWalk, which is described as a quasi robotic exoskeleton suit that you wear. This development could revolutionize lives, both present and future, by bestowing the gift of mobility to individuals suffering from spinal cord injuries and a host of other conditions that cause them to have walking impairments. (Read More... \| 2132 bytes more \| comments? \| Score: 0)

	Posted by admindonon Thursday, February 25 @ 11:39:58 CST (138 reads)


	Blind man regains sight after 30 yrs with bionic eye's help reprint from Zee News Limited London: In a ray of hope for millions of those who cannot see, a blind man, who underwent a "bionic eye" implant trial at a British hospital, has partially regained vision thirty years after losing his sight. Peter Lane (51) from Stretford is one of the 32 people who participated in an international trial of 'bionic eye' at Manchester Royal Eye Hospital earlier this year. Peter, who lost his sight to a degenerative genetic disease in his mid-twenties, can now read simple words with the help of the implant. The device allows him to see the outline of objects as a series of dots of lights and helps him in reading also, Daily Mail reported. "It was an amazing feeling after not being able to see anything to be seeing letters and words on a special screen. I was there reading dad, mat, cat," Peter said. "I'm just reading small words at the moment and they (doctors) try us with smaller letters each time. It's a start and they've said they will get me a screen so I can read at home," he said. Peter said now he feels more confident and independent when he goes out. "The images I see move and that takes a bit of getting used to, but I can see cars — they look like cotton wool. It's exciting to be part of the trial," he said. (comments? \| Score: 0)

	Posted by admindonon Friday, January 22 @ 13:33:22 CST (164 reads)

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