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Neuroscientists unveil wearable tech for the visually impaired
Kes: Really? It's us silly blind people who don't want to look silly? It wouldn't have anything to do with health insurance companies that won't even pay for an accessible phone or a smart plug let alone a multi-thousand dollar prosthetic device?
Because I have a degree from MIT and I wrote my thesis on images of disability and technology in science fiction: I think looking like a cyborg is aplus, and I *know* I'm not the only one.
https://spectrum.ieee.org/the-human-os/biomedical/devices/neuroscientists-unveil-tech-for-the-vision-impaired-bionic-eyes-textured-tablets-and-more
As a disability and technology advocate, I particularly object to the following uninformed statement:
“All of these wearables currently on the market have very low acceptance from the community because you look like some sort of RoboCop when you wear them, and people don’t want to attract attention to their impairment,” said Ruxandra Tivadar of the University of Bern in Switzerland, during the annual meeting of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society (CNS), held virtually this week.
It's really easy for people who are daily surrounded by the very newest tech to forget that many people in their own cities are living without access to the basic technologies of transportation, or an accessible phone, or high-speed Internet access.
Let me open your eyes to some of the basic technologies that many people with disabilities have been going without during this pandemic.
How We All Became Disabled, But We’re Still Not All Connected
https://kestrell.dreamwidth.org/379979.html
Because I have a degree from MIT and I wrote my thesis on images of disability and technology in science fiction: I think looking like a cyborg is aplus, and I *know* I'm not the only one.
https://spectrum.ieee.org/the-human-os/biomedical/devices/neuroscientists-unveil-tech-for-the-vision-impaired-bionic-eyes-textured-tablets-and-more
As a disability and technology advocate, I particularly object to the following uninformed statement:
“All of these wearables currently on the market have very low acceptance from the community because you look like some sort of RoboCop when you wear them, and people don’t want to attract attention to their impairment,” said Ruxandra Tivadar of the University of Bern in Switzerland, during the annual meeting of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society (CNS), held virtually this week.
It's really easy for people who are daily surrounded by the very newest tech to forget that many people in their own cities are living without access to the basic technologies of transportation, or an accessible phone, or high-speed Internet access.
Let me open your eyes to some of the basic technologies that many people with disabilities have been going without during this pandemic.
How We All Became Disabled, But We’re Still Not All Connected
https://kestrell.dreamwidth.org/379979.html
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