This is such a cool idea

A Kindle for the Blind? U.S. Researchers Working on an Affordable Braille Tablet

The engineers are currently working on an entirely new technology for building what it hopes will be a more affordable Braille tablet. The device under development incorporates a “microfluid” display comprising tiny bubbles that fill with air or liquid and pop up as Braille characters.

Does anyone else think this is a bad idea?

Iowa grants permits for blind residents to carry guns in public: Sheriffs and advocates are divided on whether that's a good idea

Don’t expect Iowa to revoke gun permits for the blind. It’s not even the only state that offers them

No offence meant to the visually-impaired, but we do, after all, prohibit people under a certain threshold of sight from driving cars because, well, that's dangerous. Isn't letting someone who can't see have a gun kind of, well, dangerous?

Thanks to YKWIA for sharing this story with me.

This is rather cool

3D sonograms let blind expectant parents "see" their babies

Thanks to Bill Hart for the link. Okay, dinner over. Time to clean.

Considering the visually-impaired and technology

Stevie Wonder: Touch-screens alienate blind: Motown icon, advocates encourage CES vendors to consider blind needs

but potentially good news is:

Digital Scanner Turns Books Into Audio Files Instantaneously