Deaf people have several limitations on their everyday lives due to their lack of hearing. Whether it is a random people talking to them, a program on television/radio or a video on YouTube, their communication is highly limited. Luckily, technology is well developed nowadays and not just for "normal" people. ProDeaf, a mobile app developed by a Brazilian company to aid deaf people, is a such example.
Lost your iPhone again? It won’t be gone for long if you’ve installed the new “Final Shout” app developed by Kentaro Hayashi. Like a drowning swimmer going down for the third time, Final Shout posts your iPhone’s location to a specified Facebook, Twitter and/or email account just before the battery runs out.
Inventors No Longer Dime-A-Dozen: Million Dollar Man Takes Bite Out Of The Sharks
Posted in: Today's ChiliCharles Michael Yim took a very deep breath after scoring big time on the ABC TV show Shark Tank
this past week to pitch his latest invention. And while he might have
exhaled a whiff of champagne with that sigh of exhaltation, we’re sure
he drove off under the legal alcohol limit. Why? Because Yim is the
creator and developer of the first breathalyzer that interfaces with a
smartphone.
The state of New York is taking the problem of texting and driving so seriously that they have created a new plan to deal with it. Governor Andrew Cuomo and highway officials unveiled a plan on Tuesday to place signs to direct drivers to 91 existing roadside rest areas where they can pull off to text. The plan is meant to encourage motorists to stop to text rather than to tempt fate by multitasking.