Beyond the mind's eye

20 years after Elizabeth Goldring, a senior fellow at MIT's Center for Advanced Visual Studies and colleagues began work on a "seeing machine," she smiles as she shows a visitor photos she's taken - and can see - with her blind eye.

http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2009/camera-blind-0113.html

Matt Steven can't see the hoop. But he'll still take the last shot.

A friend just passed along a truly amazing story about Matt Stevens, a blind boy from Upper Darby, PA who not only shoots the free-throws for his sighted high school basketball team, but also makes half of the shots. That makes him one of the best free-throwers on the team!

Read more about Matt Stevens here

Blind team attempt to set new record on Kilimanjaro

As reported by ABC news in this article, a team of eight blind climbers are set to climb Kilimanjaro later this month - potentially setting a new record for the most blind climbers on the summit at once - as part of the 'High Sight Expedition'. The record is still held by the 2005 climb, organized by Erik Weihenmayer, that led to the formation of the Kilimanjaro Blind Trust. Read more about the most recent attempt to set a new record here.