Image: {a href="http://www.eyejusters.com/home/" target="_blank"}Eyejusters{/a}
When new technology comes out, we expect the product to be very high tech and complicated. Rarely is new technology so simple that we all wonder why it wasn’t invented sooner. Which is the case with these adjustable eyeglasses from British company Eyejusters. A product that is also helping developing countries get access eyeglasses.
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Tagged adjustable glasses, adspecs, Blind, disabilities, elderly, Eyejusters, low vision, Visually Impaired
Image: {a href="http://thesis.itsashleyma.com/" target="_blank"}Ashley Ma{/a}
Not long a go I wrote an article on Revolve, a concept pill bottle design for people with limited use of their hand and/or have memory problems. Today I’m writing about concept pill bottles designed for people who are blind or visually impaired. These pill bottles called Capstone, are brightly colored with tactile lids. The Capstone pill bottles were designed by University of Cincinnati design students Alex Broerman and Ashley Ma.
Image: {a href="http://www.coroflot.com/arman-martirosyan/Finger-Code" target="_blank"}Arman Martirosyan{/a}
Two of my good friends are a married couple that are blind and through them I have learned a lot on what people with blindness are capable of doing. Really you’d be surprised how independent they are. As an example she is a great cook and he’s great with computers. They wish to stay very independent and technology has helped them do this in many ways. Barcode scanning is a technology that has the potential to help them by being able to identify products. French designer Arman Martirosyan has applied this to his Finger Code design concept. A fingertip barcode scanner that sends audio information to an earpiece.
Posted in Concept Designs, Visual Impairments
Tagged Arman Martirosyan, barcode scanner, Blind, disabilities, finger code, low vision, Visually Impaired
Image: {a href="http://visionassist.slinkyware.com/" target="_blank"}Slinkyware{/a}
Reading text can be a challenge for those with low vision or other visual impairments. Magnifying glasses can help but you cannot adjust their magnification strength and they do not offer high contrast (High contrast changes the color scheme such as white text on black or black text on yellow). Digital handheld and desktop magnifiers are available but are very costly. So I did an app search to see if there were any magnifiers for the iPhone. There were a few magnification apps but they did not offer any high contrast settings. Until I came across VisionAssist by Slinkware. This magnification app offers high contrast, adjustable magnification and contrast, ability to shine a light, and can transmit to a monitor or television. Currently VisionAssist is available for the iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch.
Posted in New Tech, Visual Impairments
Tagged Blind, hand held magnifier, ipad app, iphone app, low vision, magnifier, magnifying app, slinkyware, visionassist, Visually Impaired
