blindness
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The Challenges Of Using Technology When You’re Blind
As a blind kid, I never imagined technology would one day threaten to block my participation in the world. When I first heard the words “that’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind” on the radio, I knew that if technology could send man to the moon, it could also make it…
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This Blind Skateboarder Uses His Cane To Do Awesome Tricks
Video: Dan Mancia’s vision started to fade when he was 13. Now, he only has a very small amount of peripheral vision in his right eye. But that hasn’t stopped Mancia from pulling off sick skateboarding tricks.
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Two Women Go ‘Blind’ After Checking Their Phones In Bed
Two poor souls suffered through MRIs, heart scans and other medical tests to figure out what was causing them to go blind for up to 15 minutes at a time. After discovering that checking their phones in bed was to blame, one woman still couldn’t stop. Such is the power of technology.
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A Mad Science Experiment Proves A Simple Evolutionary Hypothesis
You may consider your eyes a priceless commodity, but for Mexican cavefish, they were a burdensome expense. In a first-of-a-kind study, scientists have figured out exactly how much energy an animal saves by abandoning vision — in this case, anywhere from 5 to 15%.