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src="http://www.perkins.org/sites/default/files/styles/100_x_100/public/HT4A6466_sized.jpg?itok=s0gLM5w5" width="100" height="100" alt="A man using a white cane stands on the sidewalk" /></a></div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-field-news-date"> <div class="field-content"><span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2016-04-13T00:00:00-04:00">April 13, 2016</span></div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-field-blurb"> <div class="field-content">At Perkins Solutions, we ask questions that help us develop technologies that solve old and new challenges facing the blind community.</div> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-2 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/stories/news/google-awards-grant-to-build-micronavigation-app"><h5>Google.org awards grant to Perkins to build 'micronavigation' app</h5></a></span> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-field-image"> <div class="field-content"><a href="/stories/news/google-awards-grant-to-build-micronavigation-app"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="http://www.perkins.org/sites/default/files/styles/100_x_100/public/HT4A5695_sized_0.jpg?itok=hWK1p6m_" width="100" height="100" alt="A woman using a white cane walks past a bus stop" /></a></div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-field-news-date"> <div class="field-content"><span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2016-04-12T08:30:00-04:00">April 12, 2016</span></div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-field-blurb"> <div class="field-content">Innovative mobile app will help people who are blind locate bus stops and other precise locations, making public transportation more accessible.</div> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-3 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a 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refreshable braille display for use in developing countries and libraries.</div> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-5 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/stories/tweeting-while-blind"><h5>Tweeting while blind</h5></a></span> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-field-image"> <div class="field-content"><a href="/stories/tweeting-while-blind"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="http://www.perkins.org/sites/default/files/styles/100_x_100/public/Social%20Media%20Blog.jpg?itok=UExjTman" width="100" height="100" alt="Ashley sits with her laptop, listening to text through earbuds." /></a></div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-field-news-date"> <div class="field-content"><span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2016-03-01T10:00:00-05:00">March 1, 2016</span></div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-field-blurb"> <div class="field-content">Social media is an essential part of everyday life for teens and young adults who are blind, just as it is for their peers with sight.</div> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-6 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/stories/perkins-access-brings-accessibility-to-digital-world"><h5>Perkins Access brings accessibility to digital world</h5></a></span> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-field-image"> <div class="field-content"><a href="/stories/perkins-access-brings-accessibility-to-digital-world"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="http://www.perkins.org/sites/default/files/styles/100_x_100/public/Perkins%20Access%20Blog.jpg?itok=GxueXd4G" width="100" height="100" alt="A woman looks at a large computer monitor. A smartphone is on the desk next to her, and several other computer monitors are behind her and to the side." /></a></div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-field-news-date"> <div class="field-content"><span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2016-02-22T16:45:00-05:00">February 22, 2016</span></div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-field-blurb"> <div class="field-content">New service ready to help companies, colleges and nonprofits comply with upcoming federal rules on digital accessibility.</div> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-7 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/stories/its-never-too-late-to-learn"><h5>It's never too late to learn</h5></a></span> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-field-image"> <div class="field-content"><a href="/stories/its-never-too-late-to-learn"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="http://www.perkins.org/sites/default/files/styles/100_x_100/public/Senior%20Tech%20Blog%201.jpg?itok=L7LR2SNH" width="100" height="100" alt="A Prodigi desktop electronic magnifier, with an enlarged aviation magazine cover showing on the screen" /></a></div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-field-news-date"> <div class="field-content"><span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2016-01-20T00:00:00-05:00">January 20, 2016</span></div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-field-blurb"> <div class="field-content">Perkins Solutions gives a 95-year-old WWII veteran with vision loss the training he needs to read his favorite magazines.</div> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-8 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/stories/2015s-most-intriguing-innovations"><h5>2015's most intriguing innovations</h5></a></span> </div> <div class="views-field 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