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Archive for September, 2008

  • Virtual Tactile Objects: Hope for Touch Screen Computing for the Blind?> 3 September, 2008 @ 11:17 am

    The BBC is reporting on a new technology being developed by a team of Japanese researchers which uses focused ultrasonic waves to produce the illusion of solid objects in mid-air to the sense of touch. While still in its infancy, the researchers believe the technique could be used in video games to provide a more [...]

  • Disability Nation Takes a Look at NFB v. Target> 1 September, 2008 @ 9:42 pm

    Last week, the National Federation of the Blind settled out of court with Target Stores Inc. regarding access for the blind and visually impaired to its website and online store for an amount in excess of $6M. In an insightful entry to their blog, Disability Nation points out the shortfalls of this settlement, particularly where [...]

  • Google Announces a New Open Source Browser> 1 September, 2008 @ 1:27 pm

    Through the unconventional medium of a comic book, Google announced a new open source web browser called Chrome. The browser is scheduled to debut on Wednesday, 03/September, and it uses the same HTML rendering engine as Apple’s Safari browser. That engine is the open source project WebKit. Although no details on what platforms the browser [...]

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