Technology

Device that scans objects and reads out the text offers independence for low vision patients

A new smartphone app enables low vision users to navigate more easily using head movements

New research uses an antibacterial trick of insect wings for contact lenses and artificial cornea

Up-and-coming product says it will offer presbyopes ‘perfect vision again’

A new app has the potential to transform the travel experience of blind and partially sighted people as they navigate the Tube and much more, believes the chief executive of the Thomas Pocklington Trust, Peter Corbett

Bluetooth smartphone app uses beacon to safely guide visually impaired users through Pimlico Underground station

The smart glasses, which are produced in collaboration between the RNIB and the University of Oxford could be released onto the market by the end of the year