![Generative AI Now Powers a Digital Virtual Assistant for Visually Impaired Users [video]](https://i0.wp.com/healthtechinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/Be_My_Eyes_for_Work_600x275.jpg?resize=600%2C275&ssl=1)
by Bruce Brown | March 27, 2023 | Health
How quickly transformative technology takes hold! Until this year, few people other than artificial intelligence experts and students knew about generative AI language models. Then, ChatGPT-2 became a thing. I first heard about ChatGPT last November from a...
![CES 2023: Smart Car Tech Helps Visually Impaired [video]](https://i0.wp.com/healthtechinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/Biped_self-driving_system_with_video_600x275.jpg?resize=600%2C275&ssl=1)
by Bruce Brown | March 7, 2023 | Health
At CES 2023, Switzerland-based Biped showcased a smart navigation harness for people with visual impairment. Biped partnered with Honda Research Institute to develop the eponymous Biped copilot harness with self-driving car technology. The harness informs a wearer...
![Affordable 3D-Printed Eye Care Kit [video]](https://i0.wp.com/healthtechinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/ODoc-Smartphone-Retinal-Image-Scanning-with-video-600x275-1.jpg?resize=600%2C275&ssl=1)
by Bruce Brown | July 22, 2021 | Health
New Zealand-based ODocs Eye Care develops tools to assist ophthalmologists. For the past six years, ODocs has worked with 3D printer and 3D scaling software company Ultimaker to develop an open source smartphone ophthalmoscope. The company has moved on to develop...
![The Blind Can Navigate Streets Using a Smart Backpack [video]](https://i0.wp.com/healthtechinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/Mira-AI-assisted-visual-assistance-with-video-600x275-1.jpg?resize=600%2C275&ssl=1)
by Bruce Brown | March 31, 2021 | Enabling Tech, Health
Helping visually impaired persons navigate the world around them is a noble mission indeed. We wrote recently about work at Caltech using augmented reality with Microsoft HoloLens to help blind people navigate. Envision Glasses use an AI platform with an 8MB camera, a...
![New Approach to Retinal Implants Could Restore Sight [video]](https://i0.wp.com/healthtechinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/EPFL-Retinal-Implant-with-video-600x275-1.jpg?resize=600%2C275&ssl=1)
by Bruce Brown | March 15, 2021 | Medical
Retinal implants hold great promise for people with severe vision impairment including blindness. We’ve covered several retinal implant technology developments. For example, Oxford University’s Department of Chemistry created biological synthetic soft...
