For a blind person, braille is more than just a tool for reading books. It's essential for navigating space, and is used on everything from signage to elevator buttons to 3D tactile maps. Yet very few ...

Blind people could soon be able to read street signs using an implant that translates the alphabet into Braille and beams an image of the Braille directly to visual neurons at the back of the eye. The ...

NEWTON, Mass. — Like a lot of young children, Matthew Shifrin loved building Lego sets. But because he was blind, Shifrin had to rely on friends and family to help him complete his creations — ...

Like a lot of young children, Matthew Shifrin loved building Lego sets. But because he was blind, Shifrin had to rely on friends and family to help him complete his creations — sometimes bribing them ...