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