RoboGuide: AI-Powered Robot Dog Developed To Assist Blind and Visually Impaired Individuals

Medicine & Technology Feb 09, 2024

Check out the AI-powered RoboGuide that may replace guide dogs in assisting visually impaired individuals by understanding speech and providing verbal responses.

Climate Change Can Speed Up Rate of Blindness, Vision Problems [Study]

Jul 07, 2023

Those living in warmer areas are likely to experience vision problems. Read more to know the association between climate change and blindness.

Can COVID-19 Vaccine Leave One Paralyzed, Blind? The Truth About Jamie Foxx’s Case

Jun 05, 2023

There are rumors that Jamie Foxx was left blind and paralyzed after a medical emergency due to the COVID-19 vaccine. Continue reading to know the truth.

How Does the Tongue Help Blind People See? Researchers Investigate One of the Most Sensitive Organs in the Body

Aug 05, 2022

The tongue is a wonderful organ and yet notoriously hard to study because of its location. Check out how one of the most sensitive organs in the body could help blind or visually impaired people "see" the world.

Electric Eye Designed for Microrobots Could Someday Give Artificial Vision to Colorblind and Blind People, Scientists Claim

Apr 20, 2022

Check out this tiny camera researchers are developing that could operate as an electric eye for microrobots and could someday bring an artificial vision to the blind or perception to the colorblind.

OpticSELINE Could Possibly Restore the Sight of the Blind

Aug 22, 2019

The electrode works by stimulating the optic nerve with light sensation.

Brighter Prospects for Treating Blindness

Jun 05, 2019

Scientists use stem cell therapy, optogenetic therapy, and retinal prostheses to restore vision during the later stages of retinal degeneration

Echolocation: Tapping into Our Animalistic Senses

Mar 28, 2019

Can humans use hidden senses such as echolocation?

Miyake's Tenji Tiles Reaches 52 Years in Use

Mar 19, 2019

52 years ago, Miyake invented the Tenji tile which has been helping the blind find their way.

Lookout app from Google can help identify objects for the visually impaired

Mar 13, 2019

This application was announced in 2018 and it is available on Pixel devices in the United States

Blind Cavefish Navigate Their Way In Dark: Here's How

May 27, 2017

Biologists have tried to find answers to the living patterns of blind cavefish, trying to find the reasons of their survival in the deep and dark cisterns hundreds of feet below the ground. The answers seem to be found in their bones.

Blind Catfish Finally Gets It’s Official Name After 40 Years of Discovery

Feb 26, 2017

Drexel scientists finally to eyeless fish which is not more than an inch long. the specimens were caught between 1978 and 1979 from the river of Ontario.

Blind Man Rescued From Lions After Getting Lost on Hike

Mar 23, 2015

Bryce Lalonde, a legally blind man, got lost on his trail after becoming disoriented and dehydrated on a multi-day hike on the North Shore.

Technology for the Blind: New Finger Device Reads to Visually Impaired People in Real Time

Jul 17, 2014

A new Massachusetts Institute of Technology device will help vision-impaired people to read in real time as they interact with written instructions in their daily lives.