{"id":2263,"date":"2021-07-22T16:44:38","date_gmt":"2021-07-22T14:44:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/07\/22\/new-device-could-help-visually-impaired-avoid-obstacles-research-suggests\/"},"modified":"2021-07-22T16:44:38","modified_gmt":"2021-07-22T14:44:38","slug":"new-device-could-help-visually-impaired-avoid-obstacles-research-suggests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/07\/22\/new-device-could-help-visually-impaired-avoid-obstacles-research-suggests\/","title":{"rendered":"New device could help visually impaired avoid obstacles, research suggests"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chest-mounted video camera and vibrating wristbands developed by US team reduce collisions by 37% in small study <\/p>\n<p>Vibrating wristbands could help visually impaired people to avoid collisions when out and about, a study indicates.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhs.uk\/conditions\/vision-loss\/\">According to the NHS<\/a>, about 360,000 people in the UK alone are registered as blind or partially sighted, with long canes and guide dogs among the methods used to help individuals avoid obstacles.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/society\/2021\/jul\/22\/new-device-could-help-visually-impaired-avoid-obstacles-research-suggests\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/2eb324fe06310ea8a951213c64b5e211de4933a7\/197_100_1924_1154\/master\/1924.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=212b9dcc75c480007a59253ce5cdee2d\" title=\"New device could help visually impaired avoid obstacles, research suggests\" \/>Chest-mounted video camera and vibrating wristbands developed by US team reduce collisions by 37% in small study<br \/>\nVibrating wristbands could help visually impaired people to avoid collisions when out and about, a study indicates.<br \/>\nAccording to the NHS, about 360,000 people in the UK alone are registered as blind or partially sighted, with long canes and guide dogs among the methods used to help individuals avoid obstacles. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chest-mounted video camera and vibrating wristbands developed by US team reduce collisions by 37% in small study Vibrating wristbands could help visually impaired people to avoid collisions when out and about, a study indicates. According to the NHS, about 360,000 people in the UK alone are registered as blind or partially sighted, with long canes &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/07\/22\/new-device-could-help-visually-impaired-avoid-obstacles-research-suggests\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">New device could help visually impaired avoid obstacles, research suggests<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":2264,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2263"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2263"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2263\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2264"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2263"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2263"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2263"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}