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First human trial boosts vision with a novel therapy

Researchers are pushing the boundaries of what “restoring sight” can mean, not only through surgical implants or gene editing ...

Clever Hacks to Maintain Independence With Vision Loss or Blindness

Blind podcaster and accessibility advocate Maxwell Ivey offers tips and hacks to make daily life go more smoothly for those ...
Medscape

Does Poor Vision Put US Kids at Risk for Food Insecurity?

Children with impaired vision are about 70% more likely to experience food insecurity than those without eye issues, an ...
Optometry Advisor

Hands-Free and Handheld Visual AI Devices Improve Task Performance in Vision Loss

Hands‑free and handheld artificial intelligence devices improve task performance in people with vision loss, a study shows.
marktechpost

Hugging Face Open-Sourced FineVision: A New Multimodal Dataset with 24 Million Samples for Training Vision-Language Models (VLMs)

Hugging Face has just released FineVision, an open multimodal dataset designed to set a new standard for Vision-Language Models (VLMs). With 17.3 million images, 24.3 million samples, 88.9 million ...
GitHub

Crash with UNEXPECTED_CLIENT_ERROR using Azure Face Liveness SDK in OutSystems app protected by AppShield

I’m working on a mobile app built using the OutSystems low-code platform, which allows developers to create native iOS and Android apps that are deployed via a Cordova-based runtime. As part of the ...
Kaleido Scope

UAB-led Low Vision Conference in South Africa Draws Interdisciplinary Audience

Low vision specialists from across South Africa gathered in Johannesburg in August for the Low Vision Matters More conference. The event, aimed at advancing the nation’s low vision care, was the ...
Engadget

Solos is equipping its smart glasses with an AI for the blind and low-vision community

Solos is teaming up with Envision, a company that makes assistive technology for the blind and low-vision community, to add an AI called Ally to its AirGo smart glasses platform. This chatbot was ...
GEN

TF Binding Mapped via DynaTag in Single Cells, Low-Input Samples

Mapping transcription factor (TF) binding sites across the genome is key to understanding how cells control gene expression, yet pinpointing their footprints across the genome—especially in single ...
Noozhawk

Surf Event Lets Low-Vision Participants Catch Waves of Confidence and Freedom

Blind Fitness, a local nonprofit that uses sports and recreation to empower people who are blind or have low vision, will hold its Annual Surf Clinic, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 16 at Santa Claus ...