Loss of postnatal retinal input perturbs cortical lamination in the developing ferret visual cortex https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/cne.70061 "highlight challenges that will need to be addressed in the design and development of restorative therapeutics"; #neuroscience #blindness

Beyond reorganization: Intrinsic cortical hierarchies constrain experience-dependent plasticity in sensory-deprived humans https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.06.19.660510v1 "we confirm that auditory and speech related features are redirected to deprived visual cortices in blind individuals" #neuroscience #blindness

European start-up challenges Neuralink's Blindsight device https://menafn.com/1109696759/European-Start-Up-Challenges-Neuralinks-Blindsight-Device ReVision implant "volunteer trials will begin at the end of this year"; #BCI #NeuroTech #blind #blindness

"Smart glasses offering a combination of sensory substitution based 'raw' vision and AI-based scene description and OCR appears to be technically and economically the most feasible and sustainable way toward meeting expectations, needs and interests of many blind people." https://www.artificialvision.com/neuralink.htm

And yes, I did already check this statement with a number of totally blind people, including a congenitally blind and a late-blind person.

(Bloomberg) Neuralink device helps monkey to see something that's not there https://archive.ph/tQTqw

"At least two-thirds of the time, the monkey moved its eyes toward something researchers were trying to trick the brain into visualizing."

That thus far sounds far less impressive than I had expected.

#Neuralink #Blindsight #BCI #NeuroTech #blindness

Archived from https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-13/neuralink-device-helps-monkey-to-see-something-that-s-not-there

International Albinism Awareness Day.

#albinism #albinismisbeautiful #albino #albinismawareness #albinomodel #albinogirl #love #albinisminafrica #internationalalbinismawarenessday #albinismlivesmatter #albinismbeautiful #albinomodels #blindness #albinismrules #albinogirls #albinotwins #albinotwinsisters #pretty #disabilitiesawareness #albinogirlsrock #childrenwithalbinism #raredisease #lowvision #loveislove #bhfyp #albinismo #visualimpairment #disability #nystagmus…

https://itsmostamazingindia.wordpress.com/2025/06/13/international-albinism-awareness-day/

(YouTube) RAZOR Science Show: The hope of artificial vision for those with total sight loss https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4tqzYTE7KM #BCI #NeuroTech #blindness, Utah array, brain implant.

At 5:46, "It's like learning a new language because it's not the same vision that the people had before. So the people have to learn that this pattern means this, this other pattern means this, and then after some training the people are able to use these kinds of patterns."

Experimental retina implants give mice infrared vision https://arstechni.ca/amgt #Blindness #Science #vision #Mice

Washington Secretary of State: Washington State Library’s Research Library, Washington Talking Book & Braille Library Closed to Public Due to Budget Shortfall. ” The Washington State Library (WSL) announced program closures for their research library and the Washington Talking Book & Braille Library and a restriction of services at those locations after funds to keep them open were not […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/06/12/washington-secretary-of-state-washington-state-librarys-research-library-washington-talking-book-braille-library-closed-to-public-due-to-budget-shortfall/

"Most people don't recognize the depths of their failure until long after they've been in there." - Futurist Jim Carroll"

So the question on most people's minds is - when will all of this end?

Go on, admit it. If you are like most people who follow me and read these daily posts, you get up every morning and check the news to see if a certain event has transpired.

So far, no.

And you check again the next day.

And the next.

So where are we now?

What's the path out?

No one knows. But I do know it will take quite some time. I've long learned through observation that most people don't understand they're on the wrong path until it's far too late. CEOs always believe they are invincible until the wreckage of their company surrounds them - Jim Balsillie of Blackberry fame comes to mind, and as of late, Elon Musk. Star athletes keep on trying and trying, failing ever more frequently as their body begins to fail them, never quite accepting the reality of their condition. Alcoholics and addicts always face a tortuous path to acceptance of their condition. Entire nations become convinced they can follow a path of destroying their economy to "improve" it.

Anyways, here we are. What's interesting to think about is how this unfolds from here.

What we are dealing with is what we might call "delayed failure recognition." What's that? It's a cold, hard truth that there is often some seriously twisted wiring in the human brains of folks around us, with the impact that they are often blind to their demise. Simply put, the typical logic of failure acceptance is non-existent.

Let's break down the psychological landmines that is "delayed failure recognition.....

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#Failure #Recognition #Psychology #Awareness #Denial #Reality #Truth #Blindness #Change #Acceptance

Original post: https://jimcarroll.com/2025/06/decoding-tomorrow-your-daily-future-inspiration-the-economic-storm-most-people-dont-recognize-the-depths-of-their-failure-until-long-after-theyve-been-in-there/

This is for my fellow NVDA users. I just saw this on Reddit and wanted to share it. This is a wonderful add-on. I used it when it was first created, but I stopped because the author was still working on models, apparently, and the one I was using was no longer available. (It was the only free one at the time.)

Recent updates to AI Content Describer

reddit.com/r/Blind/comments/1l…

#accessibility #add-ons #AI #AIContentDescriber #ArtificialIntelligence #blind #blindness #images #NVDA #Reddit #technology #Windows

About a month ago, I had the privilege of presenting #FreeBSD at the Institute for the Blind in Milan, during an event held in connection with #GAAD (Global Accessibility Awareness Day). It was a profoundly meaningful experience that deepened my commitment to digital accessibility and the development of assistive technologies.

I'm excited to share that the #Accessibility Handbook, focused on vision-related assistive technologies in FreeBSD, is nearly complete. This task has been made possible thanks to the tireless dedication of FreeBSD community volunteers and the support of the @FreeBSDFoundation for new projects and documentation centered on visual accessibility.

This is what it's like to see through my eyes. I've had scintillating scotoma for decades. It's always there. Sometimes it takes over so much of my vision that I'm essentially blind. Usually, it's something I can work around. I rarely have migraine headaches, but when I do, the blind spots are much worse.

#migraine #VisualMigraine #blindness #InvisibleDisability #ScintillatingScotoma https://i.sstatic.net/TAO2b.gif

(YouTube playlist) Some 15 years after receiving his Dobelle brain implant for restoring vision, Jens ("Patient Alpha") tried The vOICe vision BCI https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmrvukzbS44SMVxMLRpd-_iTpy_Cj5liB Will Neuralink Blindsight recipients do the same after their brain implant fails? #BCI #NeuroTech #blind #blindness

Late emergence of pathological oscillatory activity in the retina of the Retinitis pigmentosa model RCS (Royal College of Surgeons) rat https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0324345 #RP #blindness

(YouTube) A world's first for the blind! The vOICe web app and Google Gemini Live demo: simultaneous "raw" vision from visual-to-auditory sensory substitution and AI-based verbal descriptions for "semantic" vision https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=506BvU8oMmM Combining the best of both worlds. #blindness #BCI #blind #a11y

More information in the section on AI support at https://www.artificialvision.com/neuralink.htm#ai_support in the white paper comparing The vOICe vision BCI, Neuralink Blindsight and other brain implants for restoring vision.

(LinkedIn) Neuralink will be under extreme pressure (if only by Elon Musk and his followers) to report great results with their first Neuralink Blindsight brain implant for restoring vision to the blind https://www.linkedin.com/posts/petermeijer_bci-neurotech-blind-activity-7331228921515913217-wY94 #BCI #blind #blindness

Audiobooks ARE books. Ebooks ARE books. Many people have print disabilities and, for them, ebooks and audiobooks may be critical adaptive technology. Read whatever you like but please don't disrespect what works for others. #accessibility #disability #dyslexia #blindness #VisualImpairment #access