Stories
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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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Life lessons across the digital divide
What could 86-year-old Tony teach 20-something Adele as she showed him how to use his smartphone? Rather a lot about digital exclusion, it turns out.
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How your hairdresser could save your life
Barbers and hairdressers have a unique view of us – one that means they can spot potentially dangerous health problems. Find out how buzzcuts can lead to blood-pressure checks, and dip-dyes show the way to the dermatologist.
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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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Catalogue
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I-Minds : how cell phones, computers, gaming, and social media are changing our brains, our behavior, and the evolution of our species / Mari K. Swingle.
Swingle, Mari K.Date: [2016]- Books
Disconnect : the truth about cell phone radiation, what the industry has done to hide it, and how to protect your family / Devra Davis.
Davis, Devra Lee.Date: [2010], ©2010- Books
Mobile phones and health 2004 / report by the Board of NRPB.
Date: 2004- Books
Phones for Parkinson's : a new way to help us say goodbye to Parkinson's / Parkinson's UK.
Date: 2012- Pictures
A portable telephone from which emerge frequently asked questions about HIV/AIDS. Colour lithograph by Gebr. Silvestri, 200-.
Gebr. Silvestri (designers)Date: [between 2000 and 2009?]Reference: 690013i