The BFM is part of an industry consortium that manages Working Tri21, an EU-funded project which aims to enhance the social inclusion of people suffering from disabilities by integrating them into the job market, specifically in the ...
It's emerged that Amazon has disabled encryption on the latest version of Fire OS. While the battle rages on between Apple and the FBI concerning encryption and user privacy, one other major tech company has been quietly undermining its ...
A new toolkit for designers of furniture for the home and specialist furniture for elderly and bariatric users is set to be launched in January. Officially launching during the January Furniture Show - rescheduled from September -the ...
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Supporters from around the world come together in St. Paul, Minnesota for 15th annual So The World May Hear Awards Gala in 2015. [Photo/starkeyhearingfoundation.org] Fifth-grader Xie Wen'an lost his hearing at an early age. Although he ...
Government officials, publishers and library professionals in the US and China gathered on Monday in Seattle to launch a joint exhibit on Chinese braille publications. They also shared ideas on how the government and community could ...
Tags: braille publications, Exchange, the blind
For 2016, Hyundai has again increased the appeal of its award-winning Azera premium sedan, offering new convenience driving technologies such as Smart Cruise Control with Stop/Start capability and Electronic Parking Brake to Limited models. ...
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The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) has announced the recipients of its annual LEED for Homes Awards, recognizing projects, developers and homebuilders that have demonstrated outstanding leadership and innovation in residential green ...
Russia has started the process of destroying banned Western food products on the border days before the presidential decree ordering the same comes into force. Signed on 29 July, the decree enters into force today and orders the ...
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The magic science and technology make these easier to be accepted a wheelchair - that can climb stairs (Scalevo), can let the disabled person go to the places where it is almost impossible to imagine before: From ten of the Swiss ...
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ALL handles, with pressing or rotating, always need to forcibly downwards, can open it. But if you have no space of your hands to open the door, you only can look at the door, and expecting someone passing to help you open the door. The ...
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Tencent Holdings Ltd, one of China's largest Internet firms based on market value, is working on a barrier-free technology standard that will allow its Internet-related products on mobile devices to benefit disabled people and the elderly, ...
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Nippon Paint China boosted its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) program in 2014, with the launch of its "Society Care" programs in nine big cities around China. These charitable programs drew the participation of over 1,000 voluntary ...
Jordan caught the attention of Glossop Cartons sales director Jacky Sidebottom back in March this year when the 22-year-old who has learning difficulties, is partially sighted and has a speech impediment, took to social media to raise his ...
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A life-enhancing charity project, visited by Royalty, has landed a prestigious international award for Interior Design consultants Gilly Craft of Koubou Interiors. An excellent and outstanding project on interior that claimed the award for ...
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Starphire ultra-clear glass by PPG Industries is being used in one of the country’s newest landmarks, the American Veterans Disabled for Life Memorial in Washington, D.C. The memorial, which was dedicated Oct. 5 with President ...
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