Live visual descriptions can aid blind people in understanding their surroundings with autonomy and independence. In our #UIST2024 work, we present WorldScribe that generates automated visual descriptions that are adaptive to the users’ contexts in real-time, in the real world.

Ability-Based Design Mobile Toolkit (ABD-MT) on GitHub github.com/abdmt-toolkit/… by Junhan (Judy) Kong et al.; Android Studio, #MobileHCI2024

Intracortical current steering to increase the resolution of a visual prosthesis abstractsonline.com/pp8/#!/20433/p… on the #ReVision #Implant; current steering goes at the expense of effective frame rate; #BCI #NeuroTech #SfN24 #neuroscience

A biologically plausible phosphene simulator to facilitate the development of visual prostheses abstractsonline.com/pp8/#!/20433/p… #BCI #NeuroTech #SfN24 #neuroscience

Minimally invasive photothermal activation of retinal neurons for vision restoration abstractsonline.com/pp8/#!/20433/p… "developing a high-resolution, minimally invasive retinal prosthesis, without the need for complex surgical procedures and genetic manipulation"; #BCI #SfN24 #neuroscience

Development of perceptual grouping ability in visually impaired humans following late sight onset abstractsonline.com/pp8/#!/20433/p… Project Prakash; #SfN24 #neuroscience

Science Corp announces new suite of neural engineering products science.xyz/news/neural-en… #BCI #NeuroTech