New technology helps visually impaired to 'see' emotions

Tuesday, April 27, 2010 - 16:20 in Psychology & Sociology

Without vision it's impossible to interpret facial expressions, or so it's believed. Not any more. Shafiq ur Rehman, Umea University, presents a new technology in his doctoral thesis - a Braille code of emotions. "It gives new opportunities for social interactions for the visually impaired," he says.

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