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  The Latest Frontier in Tactile Technologies

  Our sense of touch and the way in which we interpret the materials in our environment are fundamental to our experience of the world. This episode’s big idea is the new developments in tactile technologies.

  

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  NaviLens Wayfinding at Lighthouse Guild

  Dr. Calvin Roberts demonstrates NaviLens which is an advanced and enhanced form of QR bar code scanning via the use of color-coded QR codes and a smart…

  

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  Improving Visual Impairment with Technology

  This episode’s big idea is about using augmented reality, machine learning, and soon fifth-generation (5G) connectivity to improve vision.

  

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  Dr. Calvin W. Roberts Talks Eye Health on SiriusXM’s Doctor Radio

  Listen to Dr. Calvin W. Roberts’ interview on SiriusXM’s Doctor Radio where he discusses tips for maintaining eye health and preserving your vision with Dr.…

  

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  Accessibility Facts to Know When Phone Shopping

  By Angelo Pacheco,Program Administrator at Vision Rehabilitation Services for Lighthouse Guild Technology has come a long way, but has it come far enough for people…

  

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  Cortical Brain Implants Are Paving the Way for Visual Restorative Medicine

  Today’s big idea highlights how innovations don’t happen in a vacuum, but rather a long chain of science and research and developments that build on each other. Dr. Shelley Fried’s work exemplifies this process.

  

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  Remote Diagnostic Testing and the Machine Learning Revolution

  Today’s big idea is: How will remote diagnostic tests change ophthalmology and vision care? It might be a foreign concept for some, but the specialists in today’s episode, Dr. Peter Pham and Dr. Sean Ianchulev, founders of (Keep Your Sight, a nonprofit focused on remote diagnostic vision tests) share how they can conduct more reliable perimetry tests that help detect macular degeneration, glaucoma, and other conditions that lead to vision loss and eventually blindness — remotely, while patients stay home.

  

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  How the Simple QR Code Became an Empowering Navigation Tool

  This episode’s big idea is navigation and how to implement a navigation solution that enables people with vision impairment to broadly travel cities — how and when they want to, independently. Dr. Roberts talks with Javier Pita, the creator of such a technology called NaviLens, which marries location finding with information.

  

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  Training the Brain: Sensory Substitution

  Today’s big idea centers on the place where big ideas get born — the human brain. In today’s episode, Dr. Roberts and his guests explore theories of brain plasticity, sensory substitution, and sensory augmentation.

  

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  Improving Visual Impairment with Technology

  On Tech & Vision Podcast with Dr. Cal Roberts This episode’s big idea is about using augmented reality, machine learning, and soon fifth generation (5G) connectivity…