"Seeing" Stars

Here's a fantastic story about astronomer Noreen Grice, and her efforts to bring astronomy to the visually impaired:

http://www.bu.edu/bostonia/fall08/grice/

Blessing for the blind in Baghdad

Perkins releases new brailler

In some very exciting news, Perkins Products released a new edition of the Perkins Brailler that is lighter, smaller, cheaper, and easier to use. You can read all about the improvements on their website, or take a look through the Boston.com article:

http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2008/10/03/a_lighter_touch/?s_campaign=8315