Inspirational and good news.
A Carolina woman has become one of the first of a group of blind people to have had their sight restored through cybernetics.
Electrodes implanted in Cheri Robertson’s brain receive a video signal from a small camera worn on her eyeglasses and processed through a wearable computer, a la Geordi LaForge.
Patients with the implants see flashes of light and outlines of objects, but there’s a good chance that the technology will improve with time.
Below is copied from a Wired article on a website that encourages women to get into electronics and do it yourself projects:
A new web-based show encourages young women to tune in and associate DIY less with bread making and more with breadboard wiring.
Created by Alison Lewis, a web designer and instructor at Parsons School of Design, Switch is a free online show connects young women with technology by guiding them through fashion and design projects.
Lewis said she hopes “to inspire people with design and to get young girls thinking about how electronics are approachable and not so scary.”
Diana Eng of Project Runway fame co-hosted the first episode, which is now available at the Switch site. She instructs viewers on how to make a recordable talking picture frame. Future episodes — Lewis hopes to post two a month — will feature design-slash-tech projects such as electronic pillows.