The first smartphone Specially Developed for the blind & visually impaired

RAY is the world’s first smartphone developed with advanced mobile technology for intuitive eye-free operation.
This affordable, device features an array of communication, apps and services including calls, email, messaging, contact list, calendar, GPS, advanced WEB remote assistance, voice recorder, panic and emergency services, and more, all with one common touch-and-sound-only interface.

With RAY, the blind and visually impaired enjoy greater independence, spontaneity and accessibility to services that we all take for granted in today’s smartphone world.

Read more about this incredible device at: Project Ray

 

Massive Open Online Courses- MOOCs

Online or remote access or virtual instruction is truly the trend of the future. Easier access to the education we need is just a click or keyboard command away. Read more about this facinating journey at:

The Minds Behind The MOOCs

June 4th, 2013 by Staff Writers

Academia is buzzing about MOOCs. What sounds like genteel name-calling is actually a powerful new medium with potential to transform the education system. Indeed, MOOCs and mooks are simply unfortunate homophones but the former is certainly ruffling feathers because their aim is to make higher education more affordable (free, in fact). These Massive Open Online Courses picked up speed and weight like a freight train, with more than five million learners in locations spanning the whole globe. Academic heavyweights like Harvard, Stanford and MIT back the courses, giving the world of online learning a much-needed boost of credibility.
In fact, two main players in online platforms, Coursera and Udacity, were founded by Stanford professors. As tuition rates continue to skyrocket, outpacing inflation like a Greyhound racing a Chihuahua, professors have banded together in hopes of making a world where anyone can access the elusive realm of an Ivy League education. The hurdles remain: Passing rates hover in the single-digits and completing a course has yet to be recognized for college credit. However, the appeal of MOOCs for both professors and students is so powerful it just might change higher education for good.
Read more at:The Minds Behind The MOOCs

From the New York Times
JERUSALEM — Liat Negrin, an Israeli who has been visually impaired since childhood, walked into a grocery store here recently, picked up a can of vegetables and easily read its label using a simple and unobtrusive camera attached to her glasses.
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Device From Israeli Start-Up Gives the Visually Impaired a Way to Read

By JOHN MARKOFF

Published: June 3, 2013

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