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Helen Keller Speaking

Remarkably clearly, too, despite having never heard a sound almost from birth. I also was struck by how she doesn’t seem to have the same types of random eye movements you see with many blind people, but perhaps that’s because she wasn’t born blind?

Anyway, here she takes a moment to express her sincerest joy in knowing that her disabilities allowed her to be spared from hearing any Justin Bieber music, unlike her unfortunate younger sister Anne Frank who was forced to listen to it whilst hiding from the Nazis under the floorboards of an Amsterdam office building.

What Do Blind People See?

posted 19 March, 2013
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The partially blind can now officially be fitted with a bionic eye

While technology is still a ways away from giving sight to the fully blind, those in the US who are partially blind now have the option of being fitted with the first FDA approved bionic eye to help restore vision.

posted 16 February, 2013
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How Blind People Use Instagram

posted 08 January, 2013
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How Do You Describe Colors To Blind People?

posted 05 December, 2012
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Australian scientists implant world first surgically working bionic eye

In a step towards a future without blindness, scientists in Australia have implanted the world’s first fully working bionic eyeball. The eye isn’t perfect, but it’s given the recipient the ability to see and distinguish basic shapes.

posted 03 September, 2012
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No more blind mice after scientists crack retinal code

In the future, the old nursery rhyme “Three Blind Mice” may not make sense, at least not after scientists cured blindness in mice after scientists figured out how to cure diseased retinas, restoring the eye’s ability to send signals to the brain.

How blind people use an iPhone 4S

See, that wasn’t so hard? Porn isn’t quite the same, but navigation is fairly simple.

posted 18 April, 2012
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Shit Sighted People Say To Blind People

LOL I can type whatever I want here, because Tommy won’t see it… wait. Shit. -CBZ

posted 11 January, 2012
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Artificial retina restores vision, communicates with the brain in its language

Research into ways of restoring blindness through technology continues to march forward and before you know it, not being able to see will be a thing of the past. The key to interfacing technology with the brain is knowing the language that the brain speaks. Know that and you can give accurate signals to tell the brain whatever you want.

posted 28 December, 2011
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NSK develops a Kinect-powered robotic seeing eye dog

Real-life seeing eye dogs are pretty reliable and work pretty well, so why create a robotic seeing eye dog? I don’t know. Maybe you need a seeing eye dog on Mars or in a dangerous war zone or if you have the need for a seeing eye dog through a cloud of noxious chemicals or something. In any case, NSK is working on such a robotic seeing eye dog with the help of Kinect technology.

posted 08 November, 2011
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New York Comic Con 2011 for Blind People

“Lemme just get a good feel at that Powergirl costume…”

posted 17 October, 2011
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The Blind Film Critic vs. paper money

While the US government requires businesses to make their goods and services as blind-friendly as possible, the government itself doesn’t abide by those rules. Yes, I swear I just gave you back $16 in change.

posted 26 September, 2011
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Blind Man vs. an ATM

You know the headphone jacks and Braille type on ATMs? Yeah, those are actually used periodically.

posted 13 September, 2011
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A Braille version of Playboy is now in the National Archives, if you like Playboy for just the articles

There’s now a single edition of the Braille version of Playboy from 1992 on archive.org, though it really doesn’t seem to do anyone any good. There’s no photos and you can’t exactly read Braille on a computer monitor, but I guess it’s nice that it’s there.

I remember that the library at my middle school had several editions of Braille Playboy, and despite the initial excitement when I found them, they’re just as boring as they look. It’s just the normal articles, printed in Braille on thick brown paper.

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