Image Labeling for Blind Helps Machines 'Think'
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As director of Web operations at the American Foundation for the Blind, Crista Earl knows more than most about how visually impaired people can access the Internet. Still, when she browses the Web, Earl, 48 and blind, finds it time-consuming and difficult to use.
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A new technique measures visual clutter, creating a tool for desginers of all types.
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Devices that incorporate speech recognition are starting to hit the mass market, giving users the ability to let their mouths do the walking â and the searching.
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Scientists believe they may have   finally identified the part of the brain that deals with the   critical issue of matching words to everyday objects.
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Software application is intended to help the visually impaired make full use of their cell phones.
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Sharper Image stock may be worth a look at current levels.
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Observing the image of a faint object that lies close to a star is a demanding task as the object is generally hidden in the glare of the star. Characterising this object, by taking spectra, is an even harder challenge.
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Recovering 736 missing digital images can be an arduous (and expensive) task.
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A new airport security system relies on human judgment
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Head-Aimed Remote Viewer (HARV) gives robot drivers a better view.
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Experts pinpoint a brain part that may hold the key to recognising places we have been.
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See how smarter documents are working for others at
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US researchers have given a washing machine a voice so that it can be used by visually impaired people
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A new study bolsters evidence that people partially blinded by a stroke or brain injury may be able to improve their field of vision by teaching new parts of their brain to see, U.S. researchers said on Thursday.
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A new website provides an innovative tool that expands and contracts images while minimizing  distortion.
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Tracking down online images is mostly hit or miss thanks to inaccurate text tags, but a new technology could help you find what you're looking for more precisely. By John Gartner.
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Device can improve the image quality of standard and high-definition images.