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Scientists Develop First Camera for Blind People

A woman gets an eye exam during a clinic at Key Arena, in Seattle, Washington, Oct. 28, 2016. AFP.
A woman gets an eye exam during a clinic at Key Arena, in Seattle, Washington, Oct. 28, 2016. AFP.
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Scientists Develop First Camera for Blind People

A woman gets an eye exam during a clinic at Key Arena, in Seattle, Washington, Oct. 28, 2016. AFP.
A woman gets an eye exam during a clinic at Key Arena, in Seattle, Washington, Oct. 28, 2016. AFP.

A team of researchers has designed a new camera named '2C3D' that enables the blinds to see. '2C3D' is a development and design of a tactile camera concept for the vision impaired.

The camera creates 3D photos and videos and has a 3D screen. The screen is built by numerous 3D pixels that shift depending on the photo to forms the 3D shot on the screen surface (giving the term 'touch screen' a new and more literal interpretation).

The user can touch the screen while photographing and feel what the camera is seeing, in real time. When users like what they see, they can click and save the photo. The saved 3D file can be felt again later. The 2C3D performs as a camera for the blind and as a physical-digital photo album, according to Orengeva website.

Design for unique needs communities such as the wide blinds community is practically challenging because the design should be extremely intuitive. The way of using the product should be simple and pleasant, and those are the values transmitted by the design, which combine the known and recognized elements with new and inventive elements in one innovative camera.

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Apple Shares Fall as Tariff Costs to Add More Agony

FILE PHOTO: Customers walk past an Apple logo inside of an Apple store at Grand Central Station in New York, US, August 1, 2018. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson/File Photo
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Apple Shares Fall as Tariff Costs to Add More Agony

FILE PHOTO: Customers walk past an Apple logo inside of an Apple store at Grand Central Station in New York, US, August 1, 2018. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: Customers walk past an Apple logo inside of an Apple store at Grand Central Station in New York, US, August 1, 2018. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson/File Photo

Apple shares fell nearly 3% on Friday after the iPhone maker trimmed its share buyback program and CEO Tim Cook warned of additional tariff-related costs of about $900 million this quarter amid a raging Sino-US trade war.
The Cupertino, California-based company that makes over 90% of its products in China said it plans to shift production of iPhones to India to minimize the impact of President Donald Trump's trade war.
"It looks like Apple is progressing faster than expected with its move to shift production of US phones into the region (India)," said Matt Britzman, senior equity analyst at Hargreaves Lansdown.
Analysts at Wedbush echoed this view, referring to India as Apple's "life raft supply chain" as the company navigates through tariff turbulence.
Cook outlined how Apple has started to build up a stockpile of products so that the majority of its devices sold in the US this quarter will not come from China.
“Tim Cook did his best to reassure investors on last night’s earnings call, but many likely came away still wanting more clarity about what lies beyond June," Matt said, adding that the $900 million hit to profit turned out to be smaller than many had feared.
Apple, which has been grappling with increased competition in key market China from rivals like Huawei due to slower rollouts of AI features, was already in troubled waters before the tariffs hit.
"The question for investors is what can replace China for Apple? This is not an easy question to answer and could threaten the long-term trajectory of Apple’s growth plan," said Kathleen Brooks, research director at XTB.
Despite electronics being exempted from US.President Donald Trump's slew of import tariffs so far, Washington has signaled that some levies could be imposed in the coming weeks.
Big Tech peers Alphabet, Microsoft and Meta Platforms beat quarterly estimates aided by artificial intelligence, while Amazon.com's cloud revenue growth fell short of revenue expectations.
These results were in stark contrast to dour forecasts from consumer electronics companies that are more exposed to tightening consumer budgets - chipmakers Qualcomm, Samsung Electronics, and Intel.
Apple shares lost about 15% so far this year. That compares with a 2.3% fall in Meta, and a nearly 1% rise in Microsoft.
Apple's 12-month forward price-to-earnings ratio is 27.63, compared with Microsoft's 28.64 and Meta's 21.48.