Forthcoming Technology And Products

Will A Future Pair of Shoes Your Wearing Be Able To See?

This article describes a novel approach to mobility.
Will A Future Pair of Shoes Your Wearing Be Able To See?

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New Computerized Tracking System To Help Blind Handle New Terrain

While this new prototype uses some existing technology the way in which it interacts is an entirely new approach.
New Computerized Tracking System To Help Blind Handle New Terrain

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Wearable Computer Helps Blind People Navigate

A new approach which merges GPS and sensors hopes to improve navigation for the Bllind.
Wearable Computer Helps Blind People Navigate

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New Approach Being Tested By Blind GPS Users

A completely new approach to using GPS to assist the Blind is in the early testing stage.
New Approach Being Tested By Blind GPS Users

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Touch Sensitive Paper To Speak Its Contents To The Blind and Visually Impaired

A new product under development will enable the visually impaired to determine the contents of a package.
Touch Sensitive Paper To Speak Its Contents To The Blind and Visually Impaired

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Tool Lets Blind See With Talking GPS

When development is finished this software should make the cell phone GPS function accessible.
Tool Lets Blind See With Talking GPS

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Will You Be Getting Electricity Out Of Thin Air?

This remarkable new development allows a battery to be recharged without any physical connection to a charger.
Will You Be Getting Electricity Out Of Thin Air?

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New Braille Cell Phone Under Development

This new Braille cell phone should soon be reaching the market.
New Braille Cell Phone Under Development

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In The Future Will Our Washing Machines Talk To Us?

An engineering team at Michigan State is working on getting them to do exactly that.
In The Future Will Our Washing Machines Talk To Us?

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Audio Menus For IPODS May Be In The Future

Audio menus for IPODS as well as other audio devices are currently under development.
Audio Menus For IPODS May Be In The Future

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Is The Battery, As We Know It, About To Be Replaced?

This company may be on the verge of a major breakthrough in battery technology, or maybe not.
Is The Battery, As We Know It, About To Be Replaced?

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Design Student Creates Innovative Guiding Cane For Blind

This article describes a new concept in canes for the Blind.
Design Student Creates Innovative Guiding Cane For Blind

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TV Remote And Hands Free Phone Combo To Aid Vision Impaired

This new product, currently in development, is designed specially for the vision impaired.
TV Remote And Hands Free Phone Combo To Aid Vision Impaired

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The Future Is Bright For LEDs

The L E D is getting set to move into the home lighting field as well as water purification.
The Future Is Bright For LEDs

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Personalized Radio Reading Service Under Development

When completed this new receiver will allow a person to designate what types of stories they'd like to have stored for later listening.
Personalized Radio Reading Service Under Development

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New Approach To GPS For The Blind Being Developed

This new device which won a recent Intel sponsered contest uses a new approach to guiding the Blind.
New Approach To GPS For The Blind Being Developed

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New High Efficiency Bulb May Soon See The Light

A new type of bulb offers hope of being even more efficient than those currently on the market.
New High Efficiency Bulb May Soon See The Light

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NPR Launches Effort To Make Radio Fully Accessible

National Public Radio and others are launching an effort to develop digital radios designed to improve access for the physically impaired.
NPR Launches Effort To Make Radio Fully Accessible

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Georgia Tech Tests Wireless Emergency Alert System For Visually Impaired

Testing is in progress to ensure that those with Visual and other disabilities can receive emergency messages.
Georgia Tech Tests Wireless Emergency Alert System For Visually Impaired

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Sonar System For The Blind

This device now in development emits high frequency sounds that can be processed in a way that allows a user to get a picture of what's in the immediate enviroment.
Sonar System For The Blind

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Intel Cuts Electric Cords With Wireless Power System

Intel is working on developing the ability to transmit electric energy efficiently and safely.
Intel Cuts Electric Cords With Wireless Power System

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New Crosswalk Safety System For The Visually Impaired

Not only will this new system improve safety it will actually simplify the current one.
New Crosswalk Safety System For The Visually Impaired

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Remarkable New, Multi-Disability, E Cane Under Development

This remarkable new cane will serve several uses for the Blind and DeafBlind.
Remarkable New, Multi-Disability, E Cane Under Development

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Talking Food Display To Help The Blind

This new concept in food displays may be able to tell you what it contains.
Talking Food Display To Help The Blind

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5D Storage Could Hold 2,000 Times More Than One DVD

This new concept in storage has the potential to dramatically increase storage capacities.
5D Storage Could Hold 2,000 Times More Than One DVD

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Sound Imaging: Clever Acoustics Help Blind People See The World

This new device, nearing the end of its development, creates a three dimensional sound image of its surroundings
Sound Imaging: Clever Acoustics Help Blind People See The World