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Sight

A collection of TED Talks (and more) on the topic of Sight.

Talks about Sight

Blindness isn't a tragic binary -- it's a rich spectrum

Thomas W. Cronin

Which animal has the best eyesight?

The science of preserving sight

Nitish Padmanaban

Autofocusing reading glasses of the future

The function and fashion of eyeglasses

Wearable tech that helps you navigate by touch

Andrew Bastawrous

A new way to fund health care for the most vulnerable

Caroline Harper

What if we eliminated one of the world's oldest diseases?

How computers learn to recognize objects instantly

Prosanta Chakrabarty

Clues to prehistoric times, found in blind cavefish

How new technology helps blind people explore the world

Do we see reality as it is?

How we're teaching computers to understand pictures

The evolution of the human eye

Michael Rubinstein

See invisible motion, hear silent sounds

Nathan S. Jacobs

How optical illusions trick your brain

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Exclusive articles about Sight

Inside the quest to build the “Holy Braille,” an inexpensive e-tablet for the blind

Designers have dreamed about creating a refreshable, affordable full-page Braille display for the visually impaired, and a team at the University of Michigan has found an ingenious solution in bubbles. That’s right, bubbles

Posted Jan 2018

A walk with Daniel Kish, who navigates the world using “flash sonar”

Daniel Kish has been blind since he was 13 months old. He navigates the world using echolocation, sending out flashes of sound that bounce off objects and back to let him construct an understanding of the space around him. He let Kate Torgovnick May tag along as he got ready for TED.

Posted Mar 2015