Blind Faith in the Mozi Box?

Blind faith in the Mozi box
BY Greg Miller

Did you ever think about a difficult problem such as how to shop if you are legally blind or profoundly blind? A few research universities have been developing a system so that the blind and the visually impaired can shop on their own. It is called a Mozi box. The Mozi box is carried by a customer. It enables the customer to identify each product by its bar code and also the price of the product. Two California schools, Calit2 and UCSD, are co-developing the Mozi box with the University of Kentucky. This product has a working model but there trying bringing to market in the next five years. When I saw these videos it brought a ray of hope to me as a visually impaired person, especially when I heard the projected market price was thee hundred dollars. The featurea include visual identification of trademarks and bar codes. This will bring new Independence to the visually impaired

Dr. Ray Kurzweil

A VIEW OF AN INTEGRATED FUTURE
BY GREG MILLER

Dr. Ray Kurzweil presents a integrated view of how man and machine can operate as one. In this interview with CSPAN, he talks about a future where we can replace body parts as they fail in people. He even describes inserting computers in body parts to examine them internally. Dr. Kurzweil is also developing a pocket size reader for the visually impaired and blind to read menus, checks, books and other documents of personal inertest. He is even designing a cell phone capable of translating from one language to another. This inventor sees no limit to the development of computer related products for the disabled.