New tactile book helps blind children better grasp the world
Action simulations allow children with sight disabilities to 'walk' with their fingers.
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Doctors restore patient’s sight with stem cells, offering new hope for cure to blindness
Researchers safely and effectively implanted a specially engineered patch of retinal pigment epithelium cells derived from stem cells to treat people ...
Blind rats ‘sense’ their location after a geomagnetic compass was strapped to their brains
Blind rats learned to navigate mazes just as well as those that could see, after scientists strapped a simple geomagnetic ...
Star Trek walking cane lends virtual touch to the blind
The walking cane has helped the blind navigate obstacles for thousands of years, and its design has remained largely unchanged ...