It's not every day that science and crazy brain implants lead to the generation of what is essentially a new sense, but it is that day today. Scientists from Duke University have found a way to make rats "feel" invisible infrared light and someday that same tech could give sight to the blind, or give us humans extras senses for fun. Read More >>

Tommy Edison, the positively radiant blind film critic, is back to explain how a blind person uses everybody's favourite instant photo sharing service: Instagram. He's explained how he used his iPhone before and what colour meant to him but his use of Instagram might be the most impressive thing yet. Reminder: Tommy Edison has been blind since birth and yet, his pictures are as good as yours! His captions are hilarious! He hashtags! Seriously, check out how he uses Instagram above and take a peek at his Instagram feed here. Instafollow. Read More >>

Tommy Edison, the wonderful blind film critic who once showed us how he used an iPhone, has a new video describing something nearly impossible for blind people to understand: colour. What's great is that even though Edison doesn't understand the concept of colour, colours still have meaning to him. Watch him describe what red, blue, orange, black and white. It's awesome to see colour from such a completely different perspective. [YouTube via Laughing Squid] Read More >>

Poor old Colin Farmer, a blind stroke victim who wields a white cane to feel his way along the path like many visually impaired people, was just minding his own business when he was seemingly set upon by police. After shouting at him, they tasered him to the ground, and cuffed him, mistaking said innocent white cane for a lethal weapon. Read More >>

If your attempts at art usually end up looking more at home on the fridge than a fine gallery, you might want to see if artists Kyle McDonald and Matt Mets will let you use their wonderful Self-Portrait machine which doesn't require a lick of talent. Read More >>

Trish Vickers is a woman who went blind seven years ago because of diabetes. Instead of complaining, she's been writing—yes, literally writing—a book. Recently, however, she lost 26 pages of her novel because she didn't realise the pen she was using had run out of ink. Read More >>

It would have been much easier for Anne Sullivan to get Helen Keller to spell out "water" with this innovative mitten. The Mobile Lorm Glove allows people who are deaf and blind to communicate by transmitting tactile signals to their hands. Read More >>

This is Steve. 95 per cent of his vision is gone, yet he's driving a car. Except he's not really driving it; he's behind the wheel of Google's driverless car. Read More >>

There are two theories at work here. A) Arnold doesn't quite understand what the purpose of a commentary track is, or B) He is actually narrating Total Recall for blind people. Either way, it's friggin' hilarious. Read More >>