Each year on Oct. 15, White Cane Awareness Day spotlights the blind and visually impaired and their all-important navigation tool, the white cane. The white cane is an essential tool that enables ...

Recently the world celebrated the White Cane Day. It is a day set aside to create and further raise awareness on the importance of the White Cane and its role in the lives of people living with visual ...

PITTSBURGH, March 20, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- "I wanted to create a new cane for visually impaired individuals that would ensure the user was clearly visible, especially at night," said an inventor, from ...

Stanford University researchers have constructed a cane that could be of significant use to the blind or visually impaired. The cane costs about $400 and is augmented with the ability to self navigate ...

Oct. 13 (UPI) --Researchers at Stanford University have given the traditional white cane used by the visually impaired a technological upgrade to help them better avoid potential obstacles, they said ...

A new robotic cane can help the visually impaired navigate indoors. The cane is equipped with a color 3D camera, an inertial measurement sensor, and its own on-board computer. When paired with a ...

Sunday, Oct. 15, was National White Cane Day, a day that began as White Cane Safety Day. It was signed by President Lyndon Johnson in 1964 to recognize the movement of blind people from dependency to ...

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - It's less furry than a traditional companion, but a six-legged Chinese robot "guide dog" could one day help vision impaired people live more independently, according to its ...

A standard white cane remains an essential aid for getting out for a number of visually impaired people, but to date, it also has not really offered a lot of affordable modern updates, which is ...

July 22 (UPI) --A wearable computer vision device may help reduce collisions and other accidents in the blind and visually impaired, a study published Thursday by JAMA Ophthalmology found. When used ...

KALAMAZOO, Mich. (WOOD) — On Oct. 11, visitors to Spring Valley Park in Kalamazoo can attend the second annual White Cane 5K, an adaptive sports event from Western Michigan University and Midwest ...

Intel-owned Moovit, a mobility-as-a-service (MaaS) provider with a globally popular trip planning app, has partnered with WeWALK, a smart cane company, to help visually impaired people reach their ...