Senior designer, Isabelle Olsson, has spent the past year working to design Google Glasses. Google Glasses is an exciting new product that sits in front of the user’s eye and can do everything from searching the web to broadcasting video. See the full story at ABC News.
Category Archive: Glasses
Google Glasses to hit market by 2014!
Developers have already been able to pre-order Google’s latest creation Google Glasses for $1500. This developer edition is called the Explorer edition and orders are expected to ship early 2013. Google co-founder Sergey Brin says that the consumer model will be ready for the market within a year after that. Read the full story at …
Resource Guide for the Blind
Over 1.3 million legally blind individuals in the United States. Out of those people, 93,600 are school aged children. By the year 2030, it’s estimated that the number of legally blind people that live in the United States will almost double, reaching approximately 2.4 million people. In order for a person to be considered legally …
Glasses Can Make You Smart: Discussion on Leaning Disabilities Affected by Poor Vision
Approximately 80 percent of what a child learns in school is presented in a visual form. The ability to see well is extremely important in order for children to achieve their academic potential. Uncorrected vision can lead to headaches and limited attention in the classroom. When a student cannot clearly see the blackboard or be …
Louis Braille’s Vision
Sometimes, the best inventions are made by accident. In the case of braille, the system which allows blind people to read with their fingers, it was a terrible accident that led to one of the greatest developments for blind people across the world. Before Louis Braille was born in a small village in France in …