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Penn State Year in Review 2016: BTN LiveBIG
Penn State Year in Review 2016: BTN LiveBIG
Given the fact that Penn State is one of the world?s top research universities, it may seem slightly incongruous that it started in 1855 as an agricultural school. But even then, the nascent Penn State was at the forefront of what would come to define modern higher education. Applying rigorous scientific techniques and research to […]
Penn State looks to give the blind a 'Third Eye': BTN LiveBIG
Penn State looks to give the blind a 'Third Eye': BTN LiveBIG
Helping people with impairments navigate our visual world.
Technology developed by Wisconsin allows the blind to see through the tongue: BTN LiveBIG
Technology developed by Wisconsin allows the blind to see through the tongue: BTN LiveBIG
Wisconsin researchers chart new pathways in the mind.
BTN LiveBIG: Michigan team attempts to breathe new life into braille
BTN LiveBIG: Michigan team attempts to breathe new life into braille
It?s a major literacy crisis in the United States that?s gone largely unnoticed for several years now: In 2011, the American Printing House for the Blind reported that out of the nearly 60,000 legally blind people aged 21 years and younger, a third were non-readers. Of the remaining two-thirds, 27 percent could still see well […]
BTN LiveBIG: Penn State helps visually impaired youth see future possibilities
BTN LiveBIG: Penn State helps visually impaired youth see future possibilities
Most people who went to college probably felt overwhelmed to some degree when they arrived on campus for the first time and tried to get their bearings as they sought certain streets, buildings and classrooms. Just imagine how much more of a challenge that would be if you couldn?t see. A program held on the […]
