Design and use of long canes will be studied. KALAMAZOO—People who are blind or have visual impairments could be the ultimate beneficiaries of a $421,125 grant awarded to Western Michigan University ...

For the past several years, various research institutions and organizations have been experimenting with electronic “white canes” for the blind. One of these was the ultrasound-enabled UltraCane, ...

The crosswalk on a road in front of the Ohio State School for the Blind looks like one that might be found at any intersection. But the white stripes at the edges are made with “smart paint”–and if a ...

Two years ago, Kürşat Ceylan was in New York to give a talk about disability rights at the United Nations. Blind since birth, the Turkish entrepreneur was struggling to find his hotel, holding a cane ...

The white cane is a tool that can be used to achieve independence, as well as a symbol of the blind citizens in our society. James Biggs, a blind citizen of Bristol, England, claimed to have invented ...