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by Bruce Brown | January 23, 2018 | General News, Health
Profound visual impairment in our increasingly visual world disenfranchises blind or partially sighted people. According to a statistic from the U.K.’s Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB), sight loss costs the country nearly $6 billion annually due...
by Bruce Brown | January 19, 2018 | General News, Health
Smart glasses such as the much-maligned Google Glass suffered a false start in the consumer market that tarnished the concept temporarily. When developers who assumed the highest and best use of augmented or enhanced reality (AR or ER) was to give people a way to...
by Alfred Poor | October 3, 2015 | General News, Health
One of the key functions for humans is communication. When you lack one or more of your senses, such as the ability to hear sounds, communications can become a great deal more challenging. People who can’t hear often learn sign language, in which hand gestures...
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by Alfred Poor | April 30, 2015 | Health
When I think of the MINI, I think of a little car that looks like fun to drive. But I don’t immediately think of cutting edge technology. BMW is set to change that impression. The company has developed MINI Augmented Vision, which provides the driver with useful...
by Alfred Poor | April 27, 2015 | Health, Medical
The practice of healthcare in the U.S. has resulted in patients spending less time speaking with their physicians and other professionals. According to a presentation by Nick van Terheyden, Chief Medical Information Officer with Nuance, about three quarters of...
