Microsoft backs development of smart cane that will help the visually impaired
Microsoft backs development of smart cane that will help the visually impaired By Bloomberg By Nate Lanxon Jean Marc Feghali has Leber's Congenital Amaurosis, a disease that reduces his peripheral vision and renders him effectively blind at night. But the intelligent walking cane he's helping to develop has been life-changing, he says. It's also won support from Microsoft. "We've come to a world where we talk about autonomous vehicles and yet we're still sending visually impaired people out with what is essentially a stick," Feghali said. "It doesn't take you anywhere. It doesn't take you to...
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