A mother has revealed how she created a DIY sensory den so her visually impaired daughter has somewhere to relax away from the ‘madness’ of the family home. Kirstie Dallas, 27, lives in Belfast with her son Carter, five, and four-year-old Esmé, who has severe Cerebral Visual Impairment (CVI), which is a form of visual impairment caused … Read more
Software developer creates a simplified website of coronavirus statistics to make them accessible for the blind or visually impaired A Boston-based software developer wanted to make COVID-19 stats accessible He created a simplified website that would be easily readable by electronic braille readers and other common aid devices used by the visually impaired Called CVStats.net, … Read more
Apple could release a camera app for its iPhone that SPEAKS to help those who are visually impaired snap the perfect photo Apple’s new patent will help those visually impaired take pictures with an iPhone The camera app analyzes the scene and tells users where the faces It determines if the camera is not level … Read more
The extinct cave bear may have died off because of their evolved inability to chew meat due to their large sinuses, a new study suggests. US researchers say that a cooling climate forced cave bears to develop large paranasal sinuses – the air-filled spaces within the bones of the skull – to allow for greater … Read more