The crosswalk on a road in front of the Ohio State School for the Blind looks like one that might be found at any intersection. But the white stripes at the edges are made with “smart paint”–and if a ...

If you’ve encountered someone who is visually impaired walking down the street, you might have noticed that person using a particular kind of cane: one that’s white, sometimes with a red band. It’s ...

As an undergraduate studying computer science and engineering in New Delhi, Rohan Paul, the son of two doctors, took on a class project working with the blind. He learned that the white cane, which ...

THIS FORMER INVESTMENT MANAGER SAYS HE HAD TO FIND A NEW PATH WHEN HE LOST HIS SIGHT. SEVEN YEARS AGO BECAUSE OF DIABETES WHILE ON A WALK, LEARNING HOW TO USE HIS CANE. HE CAME ACROSS SOMETHING ...