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Glasses That Hack Around Colorblindness

Posted by Unknown on from the except-for-yellow dept.

MatthewVD writes "In 2006, researcher Mark Changizi came up with a novel theory for why humans evolved with color vision: to detect social cues and emotions in others. He built glasses called 02Amps to enhance perception of blood pooling. Some hospitals have tried using the glasses to see bruising that's not visible unaided, or help nurses find veins. But it turns out now that the glasses might be able to fix some forms of colorblindness, too."

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  1. Re:Colorblindness? by SternisheFan · · Score: 3, Interesting

    There's an app for that: http://dankaminsky.com/2010/12/15/dankam/

    Mod+1 UP! 'Dankam' has been a godsend for many people with imperfect color vision.

    I knew a guy who tested with a great aptitude for electronics, but near the end of the course realized he couldn't differentiate between the different color coded wires, instead he got work in home improvement field. This app maybe would've allowed him to pursue that electronics career.

  2. Interesting that a site posting about this... by norpy · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Interesting that the site doesn't render any content at all without javascript, pretty ironic for an article about disabilities.

    I will give them one thing, their content seems to be accessible to someone with a screen reader.