The Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum presented its fifth People’s Design Award to the Braille Alphabet Bracelet Thursday, Oct. 14, at its 11th annual National Design Awards gala in ...

Lego has unveiled a new project aimed at helping blind and visually impaired children learn Braille in a “playful and engaging way.” Lego Braille Bricks, a concept originally proposed to the toy ...

Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET. When not wallowing in weird gear and iPad apps for cats, she can be found tinkering with her 1956 DeSoto. Lego ...

How do you design a learning aid for blind people? By making a tactile, easy-to-find tool, that's how. The Braille Alphabet Bracelet was designed by Leslie Ligon, who has a blind son, and has just won ...

When Amit Patel lost his sight because of an illness a decade ago—early in his career as a trauma doctor at an emergency room in the U.K.—he struggled to learn Braille with traditional tools. He ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. ELEANOR HALL: Computer-assisted technology has been making life easier for people with a visual ...