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Technological advancements often prove to be a double-edged sword. A new gadget dubbed BrainPort V100 however looks to only do good, holding the promise of helping visually impaired people see.On Thursday, June 18, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration FDA gave the green signal to BrainPort V100, which is intended to aid blind people in seeing mdash; with their tongues. The device is designed to provide oriention by dispensing visual images through the mouth.The brainchild of Wicab Inc., a Wisconsin-based company, the BrainPort V100 is powered by a battery. The device has a tiny video camera that is mounted on a pair of glasses and a minuscule lollipop-type mouthpiece that has nearly 400 electrodes.So how does the BrainPort V100 work, you wonder Users hold the mouthpiece of the lollipop on their tongue. Upon doing so, the camera collects images, which are altered into electrical signals. These signals also cause a tingling sensation and create bubble-like patterns.Basically, what the device does is convert visual data into electr stanley cup ical stimuli. The users can interpret these signals or sensations to see the size and shape of an object, as well as perceiving its direction of movement or whether it is stationary. Medical device innovations like this have t stanley cup he potential to help millions of people, said William Maisel, chief scientist at the FDA s Center for Devices and Radiological Health. It is important we continue advancing stanley usa device technology to help blind Americans live b Tkoz Patch for BadUSB unleashed: How to protect yourself from this new cyberweapon
Social welfare officers in Ayioi Anargyroi have announced a spontaneous strike from 12:30 鈥?13:30 on Wednesday in response to a break-in by a homeless man at their office on Tuesday evening.A homeless man broke down a door to fin stanley cup d shelter in the building.The public servants union Pasydy condemned the incident saying that the building facilities housing the social welfare were often inadequate and inappropriate for the workers to be able to carry out their work under safe conditions. We demand that all necessary measures be taken immediately and without further delay to find suitable premises for the accommodation of social welfare offices, the union stated on Wednesday.Claiming that it had warned about the issue for years, the union insisted that the safety and health of workers is a non-negotiable right and it was w stanley polska ithin the responsibility of the state to provide it without delay or reservation .The union said that despite promises to take care of the matter, the deputy ministry of social welfare had failed to resolve it.On Wednesday, Larnaca District Court fined a 25-year-old homeless man 鈧?00 for breaking down a door at the social welfare office in Ayioi Anargyroi.According to Spyros Chrysostomou, press spokesman for the Larnaca police the head of the office assured that nothing was stolen from the stanley canada office. While nobody was hurt in the incident, pictures published in local media show that furniture and other utilities were in the building were damaged.The 25-year-old |
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