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  • July 2008

    • First Braille Coin Unveiled

      Associated Press  |  Jul 3, 08 4:41 PM CDT

      First Braille Coin Unveiled

      (Newser) - The US Mint unveiled the first coin bearing readable Braille letters yesterday. The silver dollar features the letters "Brl," code for Braille, and honors the 200th birthday of the eponymous creator of the alphabet for the blind, the AP reports. "This is going to put Braille in front of people in a very dramatic way," said a rep for the National Federation of the Blind. More »

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      blindness  • US currency  • coins  • National Federation for the Blind

  • May 2008
  • April 2008

    • UK Docs Implant Bionic Eyes

      Daily Telegraph (UK)  |  Apr 21, 08 8:04 PM CDT

      UK Docs Implant Bionic Eyes

      (Newser) - British doctors have given two blind men bionic eyesight and say they will soon enjoy partial vision, the Telegraph reports. Using US technology, the surgeons inserted electrodes in the men's retinas last week. Studded on a metal plate, the conductors will be connected to a small eyeglass camera that enables users to see objects as blotches of light. More »

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      surgery  • blindness  • eyes  • foreign doctors  • eye care

    • Blind Paterson Feeling His Way as NY Governor

      New York Times  |  Apr 21, 08 11:18 AM CDT

      Blind Paterson Feeling His Way as NY Governor

      (Newser) - It takes a lot of extra sweat for New York's legally blind governor to act like a person with 20/20, the New York Times reports. David Paterson spends hours each night listening to recorded staff briefings—and memorizing speeches, since he can't read a teleprompter. And though the veteran politician knows Albany well, he's still learning the layout of the governor's mansion. More »

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      New York  • Eliot Spitzer  • governor  • David Paterson  • blindness  • disability  • Governor David Paterson

    • Raunchy Narratives Open Web Porn to Blind

      Wired  |  Apr 13, 08 11:15 AM CDT

      Raunchy Narratives Open Web Porn to Blind

      (Newser) - Looking for volunteer opportunities? The nonprofit Porn for the Blind is making free porn preview sites accessible to the blind, Wired reports. "We imagine that visually impaired people benefit from this service in many of the same ways that non-visually impaired people benefit from the hard-core pornography that's being described," said the group's co-founder. More »

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      sex  • pornography  • blindness  • disability  • nonprofit  • volunteer  • equality

    • Cataract Risk Linked to Climate Change

      AFP  |  Apr 7, 08 4:03 PM CDT

      Cataract Risk Linked to Climate Change

      (Newser) - As climate change drives ozone depletion and increases the level of ultraviolet rays reaching Earth's surface, humans' eyesight will be suffering more and more, AFP reports. UV rays are one of the leading causes of cataracts, which in turn cause 50% of avoidable blindness worldwide. The trend is likely to have the biggest impact in developing nations. More »

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      public health  • blindness  • eyes  • ozone layer  • opthalmologists  • cataracts

  • March 2008

    • New Keller Photo Surfaces

      Associated Press  |  Mar 5, 08 8:20 PM CST

      New Keller Photo Surfaces

      (Newser) - A rare photo of a young Helen Keller accompanied by teacher Anne Sullivan in 1888 has surfaced among a family collection donated to the New England Historic Genealogical Society. The photo, which was tucked away in an album, may be the first taken of the two and the only to show Keller with one of her beloved dolls, the AP reports. More »

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      photography  • blindness  • New England  • archive  • Cape Cod  • deaf people  • discoveries

  • January 2008

    • Cell Phone Can Read to the Blind

      NPR  |  Jan 30, 08 7:19 PM CST

      Cell Phone Can Read to the Blind

      (Newser) - A new cell phone can read aloud to people with impaired vision—and at 4 ounces, it's the smallest such device ever made, NPR reports. The $2,000 phone can help with the myriad daily tasks that seeing people take for granted, like identifying a $20 bill. "All you have to do is snap a picture,” said a blind product demonstrator. More »

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      cell phones  • technology  • gadget  • blindness  • National Federation for the Blind

    • Visually Impaired May Soon Watch TV

      MIT Technology Review  |  Jan 28, 08 6:01 PM CST

      Visually Impaired May Soon Watch TV

      (Newser) - Macular degeneration, the disease which causes most age-related sight loss, can make it impossible for patients who suffer even only mild sight loss to watch TV. But help is on the way for these people, Technology Review reports, as Harvard researchers have developed an image-processing algorithm which allows the sight-impaired to see fine detail. More »

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      television  • Harvard  • blindness  • macular degeneration  • sight impaired

  • November 2007

    • Cat Out of the Bag: Kitty's DNA Decoded

      BBC  |  Nov 2, 07 6:12 AM CDT

      Cat Out of the Bag: Kitty's DNA Decoded

      (Newser) - A 4-year-old Abyssinian cat named Cinnamon has become the first of her species to have its DNA sequenced, the BBC reports. Cats now join dogs, chimps, rats, mice, cows and people as mammals with decoded genomes. Cinnamon’s sequence could shed light on hundreds of human illnesses; cats can suffer from hereditary blindness and a feline version of HIV. More »

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      DNA  • AIDS  • cat  • blindness  • genome

  • September 2007

    • Spinach, Eggs Fight Blindness

      Reuters  |  Sep 11, 07 3:55 PM CDT

      Spinach, Eggs Fight Blindness

      (Newser) - Nutrients found in spinach and eggs help stave off age-related blindness, a new study shows. Macular degeneration, the most common cause of vision loss in the elderly, was 35% less likely to develop in people who consumed the most eggs, spinach, and other leafy greens, which are rich in lutein and zeaxanthin, Reuters reports. More »

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      blindness  • eggs  • spinach  • macular degeneration

  • June 2007

    • Still Crazy After All These Years

      Washington Post  |  Jun 6, 07 9:46 PM CDT

      Still Crazy After All These Years

      (Newser) - Burt and Linda Pugach are having their third 15 minutes. The first was in 1959, when Burt hired a thug to throw lye in Linda's face after she broke up with him. The second, in 1974, was when, Linda, now blind, agreed to marry Burt, just released from jail. And now comes a new documentary about the couple aptly called "Crazy Love."  More »

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      marriage  • prison  • blindness

    • Stem Cell Cure for Blindness in Sight

      Daily Mail (UK)  |  Jun 6, 07 6:45 AM CDT

      Stem Cell Cure for Blindness in Sight

      (Newser) - A pioneering stem cell technique developed by British scientists and backed by an anonymous American benefactor could soon cure blindness in millions of people suffering from macular degeneration, the Daily Mail reports. The procedure involves injecting lab-grown embryonic stem cells into the back of an affected eye to repair the damaged area. More »

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      surgery  • stem cells  • blindness  • eyes  • macular degeneration

  • May 2007

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