The crosswalk on a road in front of the Ohio State School for the Blind looks like one that might be found at any intersection. But the white stripes at the edges are made with “smart paint”–and if a ...

Smart paint and smarter pedestrians: The Ohio State School for the Blind is implementing a paint invention that allows the visually impaired to cross streets more safely. “Smart paint” is being ...

In this installment of the Innovation of the Month series (read last month’s story here), we explore the use of smart technologies to help blind and visually impaired people better navigate the world ...

The Ohio State School for the Blind is pioneering new technology that causes canes to vibrate when it touches lines of traffic paint. Smart Paint Could Detect Unsafe Mines, Wind Turbines, and Bridges ...

Current monitoring of large structures such as bridges, wind turbines and mines generally relies on time consuming visual inspections that use specialized instrumentation and equipment. Translation: ...

Smart dust is a concept that's been around for a while now and is being commercialized by companies such as Dust Networks, recently acquired by Linear Technology Inc. Now, researchers at the ...

We've seen scientists explore a number of ways to make paint "smarter" over the years, and now a team of researchers at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow have devised a method that they say ...