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Monday, May 31, 2004
Wearable Computer Helps Blind Navigation
Students at the University of Washington recently tested the Wearable Low Vision Aid (WLVA). The aid detects common obstacles and then projects icons representing these obstacles directly onto the retinas of people who are vision impaired. In the future, the researchers hope to use this technology to directly stimulate neurons so that people may 'see' obstacles even if their photoreceptors do not work. More information can be read in ''Heads-up' display lives up to its name' (EurekAlert, 27 May 2004).
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