In 2012, electrodes will bring eyesight to the blind
Will Their Bionic Eyes Be Obsolete and Unsupported Too?
As another retinal implant company goes broke, the tech’s future dims
Their Bionic Eyes Are Now Obsolete and Unsupported
These early adopters found out what happened when a cutting-edge marvel became an obsolete gadget... inside their bodies.
Smart glasses controversy sidelines the benefits for disabled people | Letter
Letters: Guardian readers reflect on the ableism rife in the debate about Ray-Ban Meta eyewear, despite the life-changing difference they can make
A Review of the Ray-ban Meta AI Glasses for People With Low Vision
In the small group of professional certified vision rehabilitation therapists (CVRT), to which I belong, it is not uncommon for us to use the term “magic glasses.” These are the glasses some of our clients hope to find that will improve or restore their vision. It makes sense—in that for many of them, a new prescription once brought things back into focus. Vision loss from macular degeneration, glaucoma, diabetes, and other conditions is usually something that can be managed with proper care, but vision is not typically restored to what it once was. Still, the myth or hope for the magic glasses persists.
I wore Meta’s smartglasses for a month – and it left me feeling like a creep
Content creators love the built-in camera; sceptics call them ‘pervert glasses’. Do we really need any more hi-tech wearables, even with a voice assistant that sounds like Judi Dench?
Meta’s Ray-Ban Smart Glasses Used To Instantly Dox Strangers In Public, Thanks To AI And Facial Recognition
Harvard students hack together a system to gather intel on strangers to build their trust, then share steps for the public to protect themselves from such technology.
This App Warns You if Someone Is Wearing Smart Glasses Nearby
The creator of Nearby Glasses made the app after reading 404 Media's coverage of how people are using Meta's Ray-Bans smartglasses to film people without their knowledge or consent. “I consider it to be a tiny part of resistance against surveillance tech.”
Set Lighting Technician's Handbook : Film Lighting Equipment, Practice, and Electrical Distribution
A friendly, hands-on training manual and reference for lighting technicians in motion picture and television production, this handbook is the most comprehensive guide to set lighting available. It provides a unique combination of practical detail with a big-picture understanding of lighting, technology, safety, and professionalism, essential to anyone doing motion picture lighting. The fifth edition delves into every aspect of lighting and features vastly expanded sections on controlling LED lights, color science, lighting control systems, wireless systems, Ethernet-based control systems, battery power, and modern set protocol for productions small and large. With a generous number of original images, the book illustrates the use of soft light, the effect of lighting angles, and how the gaffer and DP build an effective lighting plan around the blocking of the actors. This encyclopedic volume of technical knowhow is tempered with years of practical experience and a much-needed sense of humor.This is the ideal text for professional lighting technicians across film and television including lighting directors, gaffers, DOPs, and rigging crews, as well as film and television production students studying lighting, camera techniques, film production, and cinematography.It includes a revamped companion website with supplementary resources, forms, checklists, and images.
State of React 2025
The 2025 edition of the annual survey about the latest trends in the React ecosystem.
Accessible Color Choices Are About So Much More Than Just Contrast - Sheri Byrne-Haber's Blog
Learn more about disability and accessibility in the business and educational settings from the expert in the field - Sheri Byrne Haber.
The Colonization of Confidence., Sightless Scribbles
A fabulously gay blind author.
Designing for Colour-Blindness
As always, I’ve been tinkering with the site over the last few weeks. One of the adjustments I made was to remove the underlines from links, which I felt mad...
Foundations: the accessibility tree - TetraLogical
There's a common misconception that when browsing the web using a screen reader, it's reading the actual screen. This is not really surprising, as the name suggests that's exactly what it's doing. And, this is what early screen readers did, so, we can't really blame anybody for thinking that!
heerich.js
Tiny engine for 3D voxel scenes rendered to SVG — boolean ops, oblique/perspective cameras, zero dependencies.
Dispute over fate of Kenyan workers who saw Meta AI glasses films
Meta and its subcontractor disagree over why over 1000 Kenya-based workers were made redundant.
