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Sony ‘subtitle glasses’ could be a hit with deaf moviegoers
Tired of waiting for the latest blockbuster to be released on DVD so you can use the subtitle function? Sony is working on a pair of glasses that superimpose subtitles on cinema screens. One tester says, “It doesn’t feel like the words are really near and the screen is far away. It feels like they’re together.” Look for a United Kingdom release next year.
Blind photographers share their world
Rodrigo Telon Yucute, lost his eyesight in a land mine explosion. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)
Short people can play basketball, and blind people can be photographers. A Mexico City foundation called Ojos Que Sienten, or Eyes That Feel, teaches the blind to “use their hearing, touch, smell and taste to choose their subjects and create their images with the help of digital cameras,” according to an Associated Press report. “I like to take photographs to capture a moment that I can later share with my family and friends so they can see what my life is like,” says student Rodrigo Telon Yucute. Click the photo at right to see pictures taken by Ojos Que Sienten students.
Armless archer sets new world record
Yahoo’s PostGame sports blog profiles Matt Stutzman, who set a world record this month by landing an arrow in a bull’s-eye from 230 yards away. With his feet. Stutzman, who was born without arms, credits the parents who adopted him as an infant with his can-do attitude, and now he has a sponsorship from an archery company that lets him support his two children. Stutzman, 28, is expected to represent the United States in the 2012 Paralympics in London.
Unprecedented demand for 2012 Paralympics
Speaking of the Paralympics, organizers say ticket demand for next year’s games has no precedent. Sales were open for a few weeks in September, and “a substantial number” of sessions are over-subscribed, London 2012 chief executive Paul Deighton told the Associated Press. More tickets will be released for some events, though, once planning details are finalized.
Remembering Sept. 11, 2001
The 9/11 Memorial in New York. (Photo by Mike Segar-Pool/Getty Images)
The Yahoo! Contributor Network invited users to submit their memories of the Sept. 11, 2001. Mary Bonner wrote about being “a lonely deaf newlywed” waiting to hear from her husband, who was in New York, and Traci Kishbaugh reflected on how “being disabled from birth … never stopped me from doing a lot of things I wanted to do” and how after the attacks she became “a negative, suspicious person, who never leaves the house, is scared all the time, has no real interests anymore, and has no close friends.”
A California surgeon was inspired by the Sept. 11 attacks to invent a rescue device — “think of it as a fishing reel with a human attached” — for those who work on high-rise buildings. “Right now, if I am disabled, I know I will be the last person rescued in case of a fire,” Kevin Stone told the Christian Science Monitor. “But, with the Rescue Reel, I would feel a lot better about being able to get out.”
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- Keith Nolan, who is deaf, is battling to join the Army after auditing ROTC.
- An Illinois software company is “harnessing the talents of young adults with autism.”
- Competitors from 20 countries are preparing for October’s Oita International Wheelchair Marathon.
- Skip the chop shop, because a company is making wheelchair-accessible cars at a plant that used to manufacture H2 Hummers.
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