The service has been thought of as a sort of visual Wikipedia for education and learning, as well as for general geographic or travel information.

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Sina's primary interest is the dynamic translation of interfaces, with an emphasis on innovative environments being used by persons with visual impairment (PWVI) to facilitate learning, independence and exploration.

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Additionally, the Braille code opens doors of literacy and learning to countless individuals with visual impairments across our country and around the world, and we must work with advocates and leaders throughout our society to promote and improve Braille literacy among our students.

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Teaching and Learning for a Sustainable Future has a simple visual design, based on an attractive range of colours and icons.

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Twenty years ago, neuroscientists held that after a certain critical period, usually no more than the first 12 months of life, the entire visual system has become far too rigid for any real learning to take place.

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Supposedly resulting from abnormal antenatal exposure to hormones, this cluster includes maleness, homosexuality, left-handedness, poor visual-spatial skills, immune disorders, and perhaps also language-learning talent.

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Antonio Criminsi of the Machine Learning and Perception group - the team which in effect invented the visual recognition system of Kinect - demonstrated how Kinect's underlying technology can be adapted for medical diagnosis.

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Arianda, who uses her middle name instead of her Ukrainian surname, Matijcio, first appeared onstage at age three, reciting part of a patriotic Ukrainian poem at a Ukrainian school hall in Passaic, New Jersey. (She grew up in Clifton.) She had spent the previous week learning the poem with her mother, Lesia, a painter who had studied at the School of Visual Arts with Robert De Niro, Sr.

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