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On Tech & Vision With Dr. Cal Roberts

Dec 10, 2021

This podcast is about big ideas on how technology is making life better for people with vision loss.

Today’s big idea is about exciting and emerging technologies that will someday allow people who are blind or visually impaired to navigate fully autonomously. In this episode, you will meet Jason Eichenholz, the...


Oct 29, 2021

This podcast is about big ideas on how technology is making life better for people with vision loss.

Today’s big idea is Sonar and a somewhat similar technology called LiDAR! Can we use the latest sonar technology for obstacle detection the way bats and other nocturnal creatures do? There have been many exciting...


Sep 17, 2021

This podcast is about big ideas on how technology is making life better for people with vision loss.

Close your eyes. Raise your hands. Reach out and touch the nearest surface. What are you touching? A desktop, a leather steering wheel cover, a porcelain cup, a plastic keyboard? Our sense of touch and the way in which...


Sep 8, 2021

This podcast is about big ideas on how technology is making life better for people with vision loss.

Today’s big idea highlights how innovations don’t happen in a vacuum, but rather a long chain of science and research and developments that build on each other. Dr. Shelley Fried’s work exemplifies this process. It...


Sep 8, 2021

This podcast is about big ideas on how technology is making life better for people with vision loss.

This episode’s big idea is navigation and how to implement a navigation solution that enables people with vision impairment to broadly travel cities — how and when they want to, independently. Dr. Roberts talks with...