Microsoft headset to help blind people navigate cities
A headset that talks visually impaired people around cities has been designed by Microsoft. It works with a Windows phone and uses location and navigation...
Western NY Student Asks Disney for Disabled Character
So Burgandi, who has spina bifida, went to work this past weekend. She created an online petition to the Walt Disney Company on the Change.org...
App Enables People with Vision Disabilities to Identify US Currency Notes
HILLIARD, OHIO: Apps4Android recently announced the release of an updated version of their no-cost-to-the-user, U.S. currency note identification app called “IDEAL Currency Identifier (ICI).” The...
Turning 3-Year-Olds Into Scientists
Anyone who has spent time with 3- or 4-year-olds knows it can be exhausting. They’re talkative, mobile, and independent, with a penchant for asking questions...
Does Watson Know the Answer to IBM’s Woes?
IBM is betting that research on more human-like artificial intelligence will help it turn things around. By Will Knight on November 5, 2014 As cheap...
Intel funds Silicon Valley teen’s Braille printer startup
SANTA CLARA — Last December, seventh-grader Shubham Banerjee asked his parents how blind people read. A Silicon Valley tech professional, dad Neil Banerjee told his...
Computer Game Could Help Visually Impaired Children Live Independently
A new computer game is being test that researchers hope could hold the key to helping visually-impaired children lead independent lives. Developed by a team...
Scientists Develop a Brain Decoder That Can Hear Your Inner Thoughts
Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley have invented a brain decoder device that’s able to work out what you’re thinking based on neuron activity...
ZyroMath: New Switch Accessible Math App in Development
ZyroMath is a switch accessible Math app now in development. ZyroMath is designed to be fun and engaging to children with or without special needs. Through a...
Power Wheels Offer Lift For Kids With Special Needs
Toddler Christopher Roe zoomed across the room in a motorized car, stopping in front of grown-up Sam Logan to share a giggle and reach out...