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Navigating in a connected world

Alex Lee ponders the promising ideas, stalled projects and pricey gadgets that aim to help visually impaired people get out and about. But it seems that an actual human could be the essential ingredient.

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The quest to breed gifted children

If you had the chance, would you choose a genius baby?

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Bringing Braille back to the modern world

For anyone who thinks Braille is so last century, read on. New tech is helping dust Braille down and bring it to today’s visually impaired people.

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The unimprovable white cane

Recent technological additions to the white cane aim to make the world easier for visually impaired people to navigate. Alex Lee explores whether new is really better.

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  • A Chinese lucky charm decoration of man dressed in brightly colored robes with children at his feet. Colour woodcut by a Chinese artist.
  • A radiant Samuel brings word from God to Eli. Line engraving by A.W. Warren, 1816, after E. Bird.
  • The child Samuel tells the priest Eli of the fate God has in store for him. Engraving by H. Moses, 1829, after J.S. Copley.
  • The child Samuel tells Eli about God's displeasure with him. Wood engraving by A.R. Branston after R. Westall.
  • The woman clothed with the sun is attacked by a seven-headed dragon; her child is ejected up to God: representing the 12th Book of Revelation. Engraving.
  • The adoration of the shepherds. Engraving by H. Wierix.
  • Saint Mary (the Blessed Virgin) of La Salette. Lithograph.
  • Monitoring health in school, Kerala, India
  • Trahcoma: visual acuity test
  • Mentally ill people in the garden of an asylum, a warden lurks in the background. Engraving by K.H. Merz under the direction of S. Amsler, c. 1834, after W. Kaulbach.
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