Savvy Senior: Tips and tools to adapt to vision loss

Phone apps for people with low vision can also be a big help. These include magnification apps such as SuperVision+ Magnifier ...
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GaN-based bifunctional intelligent sensing: Monolithic integration of fast and slow dynamics

Recently, addressing the inherent timescale mismatch challenge between fast and slow responses in optoelectronic sensors, a collaborative team from Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics ...
Family Destinations Guide

This Massive Thrift Store In Hawaii Has Deals That Put Costco To Shame

Now imagine that feeling multiplied by a thousand, and you’ve got the Assistance League of Hawaii Thrift Shop in Honolulu. This unassuming treasure trove sits quietly on a Honolulu street, its modest ...
WOWT.com

Nebraska Medicine’s unique Vision Center helps patients adapt to low vision

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - Nebraska Medicine helps tens of thousands of patients every year, but one unique facility on campus can’t be found anywhere else. Nestled away on Nebraska Med’s campus is a modest ...
Engadget

Solos is equipping its smart glasses with an AI for the blind and low-vision community

Solos is teaming up with Envision, a company that makes assistive technology for the blind and low-vision community, to add an AI called Ally to its AirGo smart glasses platform. This chatbot was ...
The Verge

How the low-vision community embraced AI smart glasses

On the Vergecast: A deep dive with a visually impaired Ray-Ban Meta glasses user and the CEO of Be My Eyes. On the Vergecast: A deep dive with a visually impaired Ray-Ban Meta glasses user and the CEO ...
WESH

Orlando Museum of Art hosts "Low Vision Days" event for visitors with vision loss

ART WILL HOLD ITS FIRST OF SUMMER LOW VISION DAYS. IT’S FREE AND A CHANCE FOR MUSEUM GOERS WITH VISION LOSS TO SEE THE ARTS IN A WAY THEY NEVER HAVE BEFORE. MUSEUM VISITORS WILL GET FREE ADMISSION, ...
KSTP-TV

Low Vision Restoration

Low Vision Restoration is offering hope to patients in the form of customized corrective eye wear. Low Vision Restoration offers a * FREE * phone consultation at 612-729-3030 and custom telescopic ...
The Conversation

AI is now used for audio description. But it should be accurate and actually useful for people with low vision

Kathryn Locke is employed as a researcher on the Australian Research Council's discovery grant, "Diversifying audio description in the Australian digital landscape". Tama Leaver receives funding from ...
UUHC Health Feed

Tips to Make Living with Low Vision Easier and Safer

What if you couldn't use your vision to tell sugar from salt when cooking? Or set the correct oven temperature? Or read a recipe at home or a menu in a restaurant? These are just a few of the everyday ...
CNET

Ray-Ban Meta Glasses Get Smarter for Low Vision Users. Here's How

Blake has over a decade of experience writing for the web, with a focus on mobile phones, where he covered the smartphone boom of the 2010s and the broader tech scene. When he's not in front of a ...
Everyday Health

5 Ways to Stay Social With Geographic Atrophy

Maybe you’ve noticed that you can no longer see your friends and family clearly. Or perhaps it’s becoming increasingly hard — if not impossible — to drive yourself to your favorite restaurant.