Hacker News with Generative AI: Blindness

Teach yourself to echolocate (2018) (atlasobscura.com)
After losing his vision as an infant, Kish taught himself to move around with the help of echolocation.

Blindness, Echolocation, Disability, Personal Stories, Human Abilities

242 points by Anon84 5 days ago | 74 comments

Anyone Can Learn Echolocation in Just 10 Weeks–and It Remodels Your Brain (scientificamerican.com)
Human echolocation has at times allowed people to ride bikes or play basketball despite being completely blind from a very young age.

Human Abilities, Neuroscience, Blindness, Learning

24 points by isaacfrond 27 days ago | 2 comments

Anyone Can Learn Echolocation in Just 10 Weeks–and It Remodels Your Brain (scientificamerican.com)
Human echolocation has at times allowed people to ride bikes or play basketball despite being completely blind from a very young age.

Human Abilities, Neuroscience, Blindness, Sensory Perception

6 points by beardyw 28 days ago | 0 comments

Ask HN: My son might be blind – how to best support (ycombinator.com)
My son might be blind. He is only a few months old but things are concerning. I'm looking for resources, books, websites, etc to learn how to best support a blind baby, toddler, and beyond. Any help would be appreciated.

Parenting, Blindness, Resources, Support Groups

321 points by tkuraku 63 days ago | 160 comments

Neuralink Received Breakthrough Device Designation from the FDA for Blindsight (twitter.com)

Neuralink, FDA, Medical Technology, Blindness, Neuroscience

12 points by marc__1 65 days ago | 4 comments

Playing for survival: the blind Japanese woman keeping a music tradition alive (theguardian.com)

Music, Culture, Japan, Blindness

5 points by racional 125 days ago | 0 comments

Tim Doucette, a blind astronomer who built the Deep Sky Eye Observatory (amiplus.ca)

Astronomy, Accessibility, Blindness

85 points by noyesno 137 days ago | 17 comments