Inforgraphic on the price of sight

Here is an interesting infographic on the price of sight. How valuable is your vision?


Via: King Lasik

Blindness and visual impairment (infographic)

Here is an infographic on blindness and other visual impairments:


Via: Zenni Optical Eyeglasses Online

The power of the iPad for the blind

Modern technology tools like the Apple iPad are making it possible for people with visual impairment to have a new way to communicate and remain productive.

Eye-Free Mobile Device to Facilitate Daily Life for Blind and Visually Impaired People

The following press release is about an interesting technology solution that may assist those with visual impairment:

Qualcomm and Project RAY Announce the Development of an Eye-Free Mobile Device to Facilitate Daily Life for Blind and Visually Impaired People

— Based on an off-the-Shelf Smartphone and Featuring a Unique User Interface, the Project RAY Device Enhances Quality of Life and Promotes Independence —

TEL AVIV and SAN DIEGO — October 22, 2012 — Qualcomm Incorporated (NASDAQ: QCOM), through its Wireless ReachTM initiative, and Project RAY Ltd., which designs accessibility tools for blind and visually impaired people, today announced that they have developed the RAY mobile device, an always-on, easy-to-use, multi-function, smartphone that is synchronized with Israel’s Central Library for the Blind, Visually Impaired and Handicapped audio books content. This collaboration sets a new standard in accessibility tools and ease of use for visually impaired people.

According to the World Health Organization, “285 million people are visually impaired worldwide: 39 million are blind and 246 have low vision…About 65 percent of all people who are visually impaired are aged 50 and older, while this age group comprises about 20 percent of the world’s population. With an increasing elderly population in many countries, more people will be at risk of age-related visual impairment.”