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Original Technorati articles tagged “blindness”

• in Gadgets
  Blind Children Use iPads Successfully
  Visually impaired children are able to interact with Apple's Ipad opening up a new world.
  by evilwife / on Oct 20, 2011
• in Videos
  Blind Photographer Captures Life as He Sees It
  Blind photographer captures life
  by sageone73 / on Feb 8, 2011
• in Videos
  Bart, The Blind Mechanic
  Bart Hickey is a successful blind mechanic.
  by sageone73 / on Jan 23, 2011

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “blindness”

 

• Most Beautiful Eye Contest Begins in Late June

  
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  The 2013 Most Beautiful Eyes Contest, run by Prevent Blindness America, will run from June 24 through July 31. Parents of children from zero to 17 can enter their child by submitting a photo on facebook.com/preentblindess. The entries have a chance to win a $10,000 educational scholarship from Marchon Eyewear. The ...
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• On His Blindness

  
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  As I often do when I’m at a bit of a loose end, I just picked up a book of poems and dived in at random, which took me straight to the following sonnet by John Milton. I therefore stumbled upon a phrase “(“they also serve who only stand and wait”) which is is such common usage that I had never really thought ...
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• Diabetes and Your Eyes

  
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  Diabetes can play havoc with your eyes, and sometimes there are no early sumptoms. So you may have no idea anything is wrong until your eyesight is in danger. Here are the main eye problems that can be caused, or made worse, by diabetes. Cataracts These are often described as a clouding of the lens of the eye. They ...
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• A Life with Blindness: Annoyances

  
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  A few weeks ago on my video blog, one of my viewers asked about the things that as a blindman I find really annoying or irritating. The question was so thought provoking that I felt that it needed a video blog just to answer it. Here is that video blog. He
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• Through the ORBIS Lens: Closing the Gap - International Nurses Day

  
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  “Through the ORBIS Lens” is a collection of photos showcasing the issues surrounding global eye health. Each week ORBIS will share our best photographs highlighting our efforts to eliminate avoidable blindness around the world.     On May 12 International Nurses Day will be celebrated around the ...
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• God’s Not Obligated

  
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  “We may not be directly to blame for the sufferings of others, but we cannot ignore the connections,” wrote Christopher Wright. Wright, the author of The God I Don’t Understand challenges us to see our deep connection to the pain, suffering and impact of evil in our world. “Jesus returned to ...
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• Optical Media Changes With Age, But Neural Mechanisms Keep Color Perception Constant

  
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  Cone receptors in the human eye lose their color sensitivity with age, but our subjective experience of color remains largely unchanged over the years. This ability to compensate for age-related changes in color perception rests in higher levels of the visual system, according to research published in the open access ...
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• Successful Corneal Transplant With Pre-Loaded Donor Tissue: A First For Massachusetts Eye And Ear

  
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  The first successful cornea transplant with donor endothelial tissue preloaded by an eye bank has been performed at Massachusetts Eye and Ear in Boston, Mass. Roberto Pineda II, M.D., Director of the Refractive Surgery Service at Mass. Eye and Ear, and an Associate Professor of Ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School, ...
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• Microrobots For Preventing Blindness

  
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  There are a variety of causes for the occurrence of blindness, such as the lack of enough blood supply for the retina. If it doesn’t get proper amounts of oxygen, the result will be permanent blindness. The chances of preventing it depend on when the doctors realize if a patient’s retina is not receiving ...
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• Nine Ways I’m Going To Be Annoying When I’m Old (Which Also Happen To Be Why I’m Annoying Now)

  
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  1. I’m going to misplace everything.  I already do this, so it’ll just be magnified twelvethousandfold.  I misplace my phone about 5 times a day.  I put papers on my desk and can’t find them for 40 minutes.  And they’re right there, on my desk.  It’s exhausting.  My grandmother recently drove an hour ...
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• Strike Three, Viacom

  
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  If at first you don’t succeed, Viacom, try try again?  On April 18, 2013, Judge Louise Stanton of the 2nd Circuit District Court effectively wrote the last chapter in the epic one billion dollar copyright battle between Viacom and YouTube. In the case, the court disposed of the remaining issues left undecided from ...
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• Reviews :: New This Week

  
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  Watch out, I’m going off-script. The title of the site is “Music I Like…” today, that third word will not be true. But it’s music I feel that I need to speak to. All albums released on May 7, 2013. The Great Gatsby Soundtrack Now, you know I love Jay-Z , but this was just a disappointment. Ok, ...
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• Blind Benefits

  
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  When I was little I wondered what it would be like to be blind. I didn’t know anyone blind, but I did read Daredevil comic books. While reading Daredevil comic books I learned that main character Matt Murdoch was blinded as a boy, but remarkably his other senses were heightened to compensate for his blindness. ...
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• Gentle touch and the bionic eye

  
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  The post Gentle touch and the bionic eye appeared first on Innovation Toronto. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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• Alderson Hopes Valdespin Doesn’t Exceed Team’s Tolerance Of Him

  
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  Updated May 6, 2013 Updating Adam Rubin’s report this past weekend, which you can read about below, Mets GM Sandy Alderson spoke to the Daily News and said the following: “It’s no secret Jordany has had a slightly different approach to some things, there is a certain level of tolerance that we have. I ...
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• 7 Unique Augmented Reality Apps for Smart Android / iOS Users

  
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  Augmented reality apps discover the real insights with your camera behind the scenes reaching you with its augmentation. These AR apps bring you a much different approach over your surroundings, much enhanced with… Read More →
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• Pittsburgh Marathon Photos – Almost Mile Twenty

  
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  I got down early to catch the first marathoners in the wheelchair division. It was a perfect day for a marathon. There was a street sweeper operating at the intersection of Highland and Bryant when I got down.   I knew the wheelchair participants started about 6:45 AM and I calculated when they’d arrive at almost ...
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• Dogs’ Born Blind Regain Vision

  
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  Dogs born blind from birth are now able to regain full vision, regardless of age. According to a recent publication in the Journal of Molecular Therapy, researchers at Michigan State University combined two therapies which reversed an inherited form of total color blindness in dogs, called Achromatopsia. Although the ...
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• Specially-Abled Pets! A Salute To Six Inspiring Figures!

  
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  National Specially-Abled Pets Day is May 3rd–and it’s a great time to look at some of the most inspiring stories featuring pets with special abilities. These experiences show both the resilience of animals and the kindness of the owners who take care for them. Here’s a roundup of five inspiring specially-abled ...
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• Let’s March For Jesus ?

  
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  And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. (Matthew 6:5 KJV) This is why we should never take part in any form of “National Day of ...
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