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Beyond Self Driving Cars: Technologies for Autonomous Human Navigation
Today’s big idea is about exciting and emerging technologies that facilitate autonomous navigation for people who are blind or visually impaired.
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Batman Technology: Using Sonar for Human Navigation
Today’s big idea is Sonar and a somewhat similar technology called LiDAR! Can we use the latest sonar technology for obstacle detection the way bats and other nocturnal creatures do?
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The Latest Frontier in Tactile Technologies
Our sense of touch and the way in which we interpret the materials in our environment are fundamental to our experience of the world. This episode’s big idea is the new developments in tactile technologies.
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Improving Visual Impairment with Technology
This episode’s big idea is about using augmented reality, machine learning, and soon fifth-generation (5G) connectivity to improve vision.
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Dr. Calvin W. Roberts Talks Eye Health on SiriusXM’s Doctor Radio
Listen to Dr. Calvin W. Roberts’ interview on SiriusXM’s Doctor Radio where he discusses tips for maintaining eye health and preserving your vision with Dr.…
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Accessibility Facts to Know When Phone Shopping
By Angelo Pacheco,Program Administrator at Vision Rehabilitation Services for Lighthouse Guild Technology has come a long way, but has it come far enough for people…
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Cortical Brain Implants Are Paving the Way for Visual Restorative Medicine
Today’s big idea highlights how innovations don’t happen in a vacuum, but rather a long chain of science and research and developments that build on each other. Dr. Shelley Fried’s work exemplifies this process.
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Remote Diagnostic Testing and the Machine Learning Revolution
Today’s big idea is: How will remote diagnostic tests change ophthalmology and vision care? It might be a foreign concept for some, but the specialists in today’s episode, Dr. Peter Pham and Dr. Sean Ianchulev, founders of (Keep Your Sight, a nonprofit focused on remote diagnostic vision tests) share how they can conduct more reliable perimetry tests that help detect macular degeneration, glaucoma, and other conditions that lead to vision loss and eventually blindness — remotely, while patients stay home.
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How the Simple QR Code Became an Empowering Navigation Tool
This episode’s big idea is navigation and how to implement a navigation solution that enables people with vision impairment to broadly travel cities — how and when they want to, independently. Dr. Roberts talks with Javier Pita, the creator of such a technology called NaviLens, which marries location finding with information.
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Training the Brain: Sensory Substitution
Today’s big idea centers on the place where big ideas get born — the human brain. In today’s episode, Dr. Roberts and his guests explore theories of brain plasticity, sensory substitution, and sensory augmentation.
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