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Thanks To Technology, The Deaf Can Now Hear And The Blind See by NjarTakon: 5:10pm On Nov 19, 2015
Its inventors say it could be the next big thing for those hard of hearing -- a portable "ear" that sets off different colored lights, depending on the sound.
Someone knocks, the light turns green.
Someone yells, it flashes red.
The device is called StickEar and the team at Singaporean startup Embodied Sensing has launched a crowdfunding campaign to get the first ones made.

For the blind, the team is developing the FingerReader, a ring that "reads" words aloud as you slide your finger along them.
"Your fingertip of your index finger is your cursor. And the word in front of your index finger is read back to you. If you're deviating from the line, it vibrates and gives you a signal to come back to the line.

Read More About This New Technology
http://takonfacts..com.ng/2015/11/singapore-designers-create-lights-for.html

Re: Thanks To Technology, The Deaf Can Now Hear And The Blind See by NjarTakon: 5:24pm On Nov 19, 2015
This will greatly improve life for the disabled
Re: Thanks To Technology, The Deaf Can Now Hear And The Blind See by Nobody: 6:26am On Nov 20, 2015
So you mean to tell me religion did not make this possible?! I don't believe.
Since bible times Jesus healed the sick, blind, cancerous, turned water to wine and even raised the dead. How come humans're only scratching the surface now?
Re: Thanks To Technology, The Deaf Can Now Hear And The Blind See by NjarTakon: 10:43am On Nov 20, 2015
Charix that's technology for you. Its a slow process but we will get there soon.

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