do you think someone will ever invent the internet in brail(sp?) for blind people?
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Blind people have special equipment on their computers whereby they can hear the text on the screen (if you know what I mean). I don't see how the internet could be produced in Braille either.
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still waiting on it, but personally i think the next invention ( be it what ever it may be ) will further insulate society from one another like the current state of connectivity does right now. interesting isn't he, he we are on this board posting replies, when we could be outside... connecting.. with people.. and not text..
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Well, it would be difficult, but the blind man would have to hire someone to be his eyes and ears. Perhaps even hire someone to answer all letters and messages. But if such a man could hire such people and he and they were good at the job, the country might be well off.
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The answer to it would be probably NO! But still, there are a few catches in it. In a few geographic locations there are ways to get connected to net for free.\n\nGoogle is going to going to provide free wireless access to internet in US (only one city for startups) very soon. There are many hotels and many places in the world, which provide free WiFi access (called HOTSPOTS).\n\nThere are many ISPs which provide free internet access for free as trial versions.\n\nBut, in 99.99% of the cases there exists no such facility as of now. It may be possible in some part of the world.
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They already do. In fact, WilTel laid too many lines, and couldn't lease them all. There is a glut of fiber optics already. It is the only way to go for data communication.\n\nYou're about 10-15 yrs behind.
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I see the future of telecom tech as far more inter-connected than it is today. Anyone who has a telecom device will be able to advertise their availability to every other device holder on the planet, establish virtual contact which will include all 5 human senses in 4d (real time), and eventually be able to transmit solid objects from one user to another by using the handheld teleportation device.\nRecent tech has only just brought into the fore the second sensory transmission ability, visual, in 2d real time. This trend will simply continue to advance as it has been.
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You would need a hi IQ to invent this device but if you had a high IQ you wouldn't need it.\n\nSo this will never be invented by anyone.
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An optical one, if all optical deivces can be made available in the short term. It might get pretty hard otherwise. \n\nhow abt u?
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Mr. Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web in 1989 while working at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN)\n\nhttp://nxoc01.cern.ch/hypertext/WWW/TheProject.html
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During my first few years of web development, I was completely unaware of web accessibility. In fact, I perfectly fitted the category "Ignorance is bliss". \n\nThis attitude gradually changed when I started developing with web standards. However, the importance of accessibility didn't really sink in until I started watching people with disabilities interact with my sites. I have Roger Hudson to thank for this. \n\nRoger is a Sydney based usability and accessibility expert who has been conducting usability and accessibility testing for some time. I have been able to sit in on a number of his sessions and observe a variety of users. \n\nIt is a sobering experience to watch a blind user struggle with poorly structured forms, to watch a vision impaired user deal with poor colour contrasts, or to watch a mobility impaired user negotiate a site without a mouse. It is even worse when the sites being tested are your own! \n\nTo anyone who is interested in getting into accessibility, I would thoroughly recommend watching real users interact with your websites. When you see people struggle with basic website functions, it becomes very clear that accessibility is not about meeting legal obligations or producing compliant sites, it is about empathy - making sure your sites are accessible so that people are not disadvantaged.
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I think you need to ask a blind person face to face.  If they are blind, they can't read this question off a computer screen like the rest of us.  And if the only people reading it are people who can see, then they won't know.
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Fascinating facts about the invention\nof the Internet by Vinton Cerf in 1973. INTERNET \n \nThe Internet is a worldwide network of thousands of computers and computer networks. It is a public, voluntary, and cooperative effort between the connected institutions and is not owned or operated by any single organization.  The Internet and Transmission Control Protocols were initially developed in 1973 by American computer scientist Vinton Cerf as part of a project sponsored by the United States Department of Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) and directed by American engineer Robert Kahn.   \nThe Internet began as a computer network of ARPA (ARPAnet) that linked computer networks at several universities and research laboratories in the United States. The World Wide Web was developed in 1989 by English computer scientist Timothy Berners-Lee for the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN).\n\n"The DESIGN of Internet was done in 1973 and published in 1974. There ensued about 10 years of hard work, resulting in the roll out of Internet in 1983. Prior to that, a number of demonstrations were made of the technology - such as the first three-network interconnection demonstrated in November 1977 linking SATNET, PRNET and ARPANET in a path leading from Menlo Park, CA to University College London and back to USC/ISI in Marina del Rey, CA." . - Vinton Cerf explains the timing:\n\nInternet, interconnection of computer networks that enables connected machines to communicate directly. The term popularly refers to a particular global interconnection of government, education, and business computer networks that is available to the public. There are also smaller internets, usually for the private use of a single organization, called intranets.\n\nInternet technology is a primitive precursor of the Information Superhighway, a theoretical goal of computer communications to provide schools, libraries, businesses, and homes universal access to quality information that will educate, inform, and entertain. In early 1996, the Internet interconnected more than 25 million computers in over 180 countries and continues to grow at a dramatic rate.\n\nHow Internets Work\nInternets are formed by connecting local networks through special computers in each network known as gateways. Gateway interconnections are made through various communication paths, including telephone lines, optical fibers, and radio links. Additional networks can be added by linking to new gateways. Information to be delivered to a remote machine is tagged with the computerized address of that particular machine.\n\nDifferent types of addressing formats are used by the various services provided by internets (see Internet address). One format is known as dotted decimal, for example: 123.45.67.89. Another format describes the name of the destination computer and other routing information, such as "machine.dept.univ.edu." The suffix at the end of the internet address designates the type of organization that owns the particular computer network, for example, educational institutions (.edu), military locations (.mil), government offices (.gov), and non-profit organizations (.org). Networks outside the United States use suffixes that indicate the country, for example (.ca) for Canada.\n\nOnce addressed, the information leaves its home network through a gateway. It is routed from gateway to gateway until it reaches the local network containing the destination machine. Internets have no central control, that is, no single computer directs the flow of information. This differentiates internets from other types of online computer services, such as CompuServe, America Online, and the Microsoft Network.\n\nThe Internet Protocol\nThe Internet Protocol is the basic software used to control an internet. This protocol specifies how gateway machines route information from the sending computer to the recipient computer. Another protocol, Transmission Control Protoc
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Well i don't think it is possible....but if it is created it will be great...but the cost will be very high...many unsolved mysteries would be solved...hope someone invents it.. ;)
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duhhhhhhhh the internet
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Cant rule out the possibility. \nBut..... based on currently available technology its very unlikely  within the next 50 to100 years. Definitely not in our life time.
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Noone ever owned it that I'm aware of.  There isn't really one person or group of people that created it.  It's been developing for a few decades, and is not anything like what it originally began as.  Currently the FCC makes and enforces rules for the internet.  Soon, it will be your internet access provider i.e. Comcast, AT&T, etc. who will decide how the internet works, if you can access it, and what websites you will be able to see.  You can thank Congress for that.
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BLind Persons use bumps called Braille. \nDeaf People learn to read by visual cues