John Borwick’s blog

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August 26th, 2003
August 26th, 2003

Seeing again

My group’s senior design project in the computer science department at NC State was to create a device that would help people with visual disabilities maneuver. The semester after that, my group in the Benjamin Franklin Scholars capstone course studied what we called “neural interface technology,” which included prosthetic eyes.

The Guardian is carrying an article about what it’s like for a guy who’s been blind almost his whole life to see again. It’s compelling reading.

August 26th, 2003
August 26th, 2003

Perl v. Java

Here’s a short article that illustrates why I like Perl.

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