By: Laura Medcalf Throughout the years, technology has gone from boxed and small (but very heavy!) television sets with faulty rabbit ear antennae with fuzzy picture as seen here to sleek, lightweight flat screens mounted on walls with crisp, high-definition picture: What is arguably crazier to reflect on is how computers with limited functions once took up […]
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Assistive Technology Apps for Android
If you’ve read any of our past blog posts, you know we are crazy about Apple products and the assistive technology and accessibility services that comes with them. But, we also know that not every person on the face of the Earth is as ecstatic about them as we are. So, today I’m blogging about […]
Groovy glasses: Google to introduce augmented reality goggles
In the recent past, people have become quite used to seeing people talk to themselves in the street. Watching individuals talking with their hands, shouting or having heated conversations with apparently no one have become the norm for those who use headphones, with microphones, attached to their mobile device. Hands free, it’s all the rage. […]
Google to introduce augmented reality glasses
Always checking your smartphone for random bits of information like weather updates, quick directions or store hours? It looks as if by the end of the year, you will have another option for receiving such information: your glasses. According to several Google employees familiar with the glasses project, the glasses will cost about as much […]
No sight needed: Google develops a driverless car
Typically essential to the driving experience in the past, sight may no longer be necessary to get behind the wheel in the future. Google has developed a driverless car that has already logged over 140,000 miles on public roads. Currently being lead by Google engineer Sebastian Thrun, director of the Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory and […]
What Video Chatting Means for the Deaf Community
Last week Facebook announced another adaptation for the social networking website. Through a partnership with Skype, a free video chatting service, Facebook users will be able to video chat friends through the chat feature. Due to high demand, the plug-in isn’t available for all Facebook users yet but soon will be. It’s easy to use because […]