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Kurzweil Develops First Seeing-Eye Cellphone

One of the pet projects of Ray Kurzweil, genius inventor and futurist, is camera-based reading for blind and learning-disabled people. His original designs were chunky by our standards, a Canon Digital Elph literally strapped to a PDA. Now, working with the National Federation of the Blind, Kurzweil's group has shrunk the knfbREADER Mobile system down into something more convenient: the small Symbian-based 5-megapixel Nokia N82 smartphone. More »

9:26 AM on Mon Jan 28 2008
By Wilson Rothman
3,568 views, 12 comments

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Touchless Keyboard Lets Disabled People Type With Their Heads

This touchless keyboard system's breakthrough is that it combines both the typing and the mousing in a single sensor. When configured on a standard PC, the user wears the headgear shown in the picture, and navigates and types by moving their head and neck. Here's what separates this product from similar ones: More »

9:01 AM on Fri Oct 19 2007
By Wilson Rothman
3,815 views, 7 comments

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MyTobii P10 Eye-Tracking PC

Swedish company Tobii is about to release its MyTobii P10, a PC that can be controlled by tracking your eye movements using its own proprietary hardware and software. Follow a calibrating dot on the screen with your eyes for 30 seconds, and that's all it's necessary to make it so you can control this PC without touching it at all. The remarkable thing is, the company has figured out how to make this work in almost any lighting conditions, and even if you wear glasses. More »

2:51 PM on Tue Aug 8 2006
By Charlie White
573 views, 8 comments

Latest by aruna_veer: well,the topic is very much nterestin but we need more informatio yo knw hw exactly it works..the info u hav give is very les!!!! more »

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K-NFB, Helping the Blind Read Again

Inventor Raymond Kurzweil has worked for many years trying to improve the quality of life of the visually impaired and his latest creation, the K-NFB combination PDA+digital camera, finally does so affordably. What the K-NFB does it take pictures of objects—menus, signs, gadget blogs, etc.—and then reads aloud the captured text. More »

4:40 PM on Mon Jun 26 2006
By Gizloco
310 views, 2 comments