A call centre now for blinds in India
The non-governmental organisation, Late Vasantrao Sule Medical and Charitable Trust, is launching a call centre in India that will employ only unemployed visually impaired youths.
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Technology helping blind, deaf enjoy movies
More than 150 movie theaters in US have added special systems to help the deaf, hard of hearing, blind or visually impaired in enjoying a movie.
Contest for ICT products for disabled in Viet Nam
A contest for information and communication technology (ICT) products for disabled people, entitled “ICT – Light the Hope,” was launched in Ha Noi on 1 december.
Computer users in hunt to fight HIV/AIDS
The FightAIDSHome project is asking computer users worldwide to donate the power of their idling PCs to a distributed or grid computing effort to fight HIV/AIDS.
Uganda first to get benefit of ARV technology
Uganda has become the first country in the world to benefit from a healthcare information system that manages, measures and monitors the distribution of Anti retroviral drugs (ARVs).
Semantic Web eyes to link health care information
The World Wide Web Consortium announced formation of the Semantic Web for Health Care and Life Sciences Interest Group , which is to deploy standardized Semantic Web specifications to provide services defined by the user community.
