Analytics company SAS has introduced a free browser extension that converts graphs and charts into sound, allowing users to create digital maps that can be explored using non-visual methods. Using the ...

Over the last two years, Bloomberg’s UX team has partnered with Carnegie Mellon University and visually impaired users to prototype next generation accessibility tools. At Bloomberg, there’s a mantra ...

In addition to allowing us to see, the mammalian eye also detects light for a number of "nonvisual" phenomena. A prime example of this is the timing of the sleep/wake cycle, which is synchronized by ...

For a long time, semiconductor defect inspection focused on particles, and particle defects remain an important cause of yield loss. But as devices have become more complex, additional kinds of ...

Welcome to the Sparks of Genius Challenge! Join us in stimulating imaginative skills with regular practice (20 minutes a day, an hour a week, a half-day a month). Our second set of observing ...

Visually impaired photographer, Sun Zhiyuan Photo: Courtesy of Sun Zhiyuan Sun Zhiyuan uses photography to express his feelings of encountering obstacles in the outside world as a person with impaired ...

Visual snow syndrome is a rare condition that causes a continuous visual disturbance that occupies the whole visual field. The syndrome is characterized by visual static, which appears as tiny ...

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Sierra Domb, founder and CEO of the Visual Snow Initiative, about her journey with visual-snow syndrome — a neurological condition where people ...