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September 18, 2017 07:26 am GMT
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'See' sounds around you with these eyeglasses for the hearing impaired
For the hearing impaired, getting around without audio cues can be a challenge. Sudden noises can alert you to things happening in that direction, and allow you to react faster to them.
A new design idea translates these audio cues to visual ones, via a set of eyeglasses.
SEE ALSO: The first made-for-iPhone cochlear implant will help even more people FaceTime and listen to music
Inspired by shoot-em-up video games, which typically show a red glow in the direction from which an enemy is shooting at you, these glasses will light up at the edges when they detect sound in that direction. Read more...
More about Social Good, Singapore, Eyeglasses, Accessibility, and GlassesOriginal Link: http://feeds.mashable.com/~r/mashable/tech/~3/-3t2GTZzqrE/
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