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These Are The Things We Could Talk About – Raghav G. Nair

These are the things we could talk about for instance; rising prices; inflation; non-availability of food grains, things we could build our theses upon; poor children in the streets, hunger like acid burning down their tongues, our country- green fast disappearing, the morning sun coming out from somewhere among the denuded trees like love betrayed. Other things happened around us; …

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‘Smart’ facial recognition cane for blinds

‘Smart’ facial recognition cane for blinds

A revolutionary ‘smart’ cane that enables the visually impaired to instantly identify friends and family may soon be available. The ‘XploR’ mobility cane, being developed by Birmingham City University students Steve Adigbo, Waheed Rafiq and Richard Howlett, uses smartphone technology to recognise familiar faces from up to 10 metre away. The cane also features Global Positioning System (GPS) functionality to …

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