Tag: vision
Cat Vision: How Your Cat Sees Those Instagram Pics And YouTube Videos
Have you ever wondered how animals see the world? When you watch cat videos with your cat sitting on your lap, what does he or she see? Is it the same thing you and I see? I have wondered this about my dog when we take our walks, especially since there is obviously a difference between what we both ...
Magazine Picture From 1930 Predicts Today’s Smartphone Lifestyle
When it comes to predicting the future, people typically come up with exaggerated ideas. At the same time though, there is often an element of truth in what people think the future might hold. We write about futuristic ideas a lot on Bit Rebels, especially when it comes to forward-thinking technolog ...
The Revolutionary Watch That Allows You To Feel The Time With A Touch
As new technologies emerge, design becomes more sophisticated. We would hope it also becomes more optimized for everyone, not just certain groups of people. The fact that a wristwatch requires vision to tell the time seems limiting. Shouldn't a watch allow any person to tell the time? A watch that r ...
Self-Correcting Glasses Let Kids Adjust Their Own Glasses Prescription
Going to the eye doctor can be expensive, especially when you add to that the cost of prescription eyeglasses. For many children, visiting an eye doctor and getting the proper glasses isn't an option. Being unable to see properly can affect everything from a child's confidence to his or her ability ...
DIY Magnet Ear Implant Is An Echolocation Tool For Visually Impaired
Recently we featured some navigation glasses that allow the blind to 'see through audio.' It was a concept design that used a microphone, detectors and sensors to act as a sort of echolocation tool. Rich Lee, who is partially blind (but doctors have told him he will eventually be completely blind), ...
Mobile App Helps Visually Impaired Improve Their Photography Skills
You might not think a visually impaired person or even a completely blind person would care about improving their photography skills, but that line of thinking is outdated in today's world. With the technology available, people with sight limitations can improve their photography skills just like th ...
World’s First Bionic Eye: Most Sophisticated Prosthetic Ever Developed
The world's first bionic eye, which has been approved for use in Europe since March of 2011, recently got FDA approval to be offered in the United States. This new eye gives new hope to visually impaired people everywhere. It's being called the most sophisticated prosthetic in the world, and it work ...
Geek Eyewear: Star Wars Glasses Add A New Level To Geek Fashion
It's a good thing wearing glasses without prescription lenses has been popular for the past few years otherwise only geeks who need corrective vision would be able to sport this very stylish geek eyewear. When you think of Star Wars glasses, you automatically think they would be cartoony and cheesy, ...
Apple Car “igile” Envisioned & Now Conceptualized
It is widely known that at some point Steve Jobs wanted to build an Apple car. Nobody knows whether or not it would have happened if the late Apple founder would have had the opportunity to keep his health. You have to agree though that the thought of an Apple car is kind of tickling and intriguing. ...
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Wild Special Effects Contact Lenses [10 Pics]
Back in the old days, people used to wear contact lenses when they needed to correct their vision. These days, correcting vision is only one reason why people might wear contacts in their eyes. A while back I wrote about a pair of contacts that cost $15,000 and was made out of gold and diamonds. I s ...
Sci-Fi Meets Real Life: See Through Concrete Walls
Researchers at MIT's Lincoln Laboratory have just figured out how to see through concrete walls up to 8 inches thick and from 60 feet away. When I heard this, I got giddy because I thought it was going to mean we could be like Superman and actually look through concrete walls and see exactly what is ...
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Techie Powers: Future Superpowers Of Mobile Phones [Infographic]
If you are a smartphone user, I am quite sure you have your favorite application on that device of yours. Angry Birds is a popular one, but there are of course hundreds of thousands of other applications, and we don't all have the same taste. Today we use our cell phones for pretty much everything. ...
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Steve Jobs: Timeline Of A Visionary & Creative Genius [Infographic]
Welcome to yet another article here on Bit Rebels. Chances are, you are reading this article on your iPhone and in doing so, you are using one of Steve Jobs' brainchilds. The man we all hoped would recover to full health is no longer with us, but his vision remains like a lantern in the dark for App ...
Blind People vs. American Paper Money
This is fascinating to me, and it's something I've always wondered about. Here in the United States, all of our paper money is exactly the same except for the printing on the paper. So, how would a person who is blind distinguish between, for example, a one dollar bill and a one hundred dollar bill? ...
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Future Of Technology: Where Is It Heading [Infographic]
It's easy to understand just why technology companies are starting to roll out their ideas about where technology is heading in the near future. They want to secure their own place on the map, and somewhat try to make people follow their developing line of ideas so they can get the most customers po ...