OAU students Build Software To Make Smartphones Accessible To the Blind

Humane is virtual sensory software platform that allows visually impaired users to perform tasks on their smartphones which they can’t perform normally.

Humane was developed by Victor Shoaga, Ayodele Obasegun, Oyatope Blessing and Otaru Babatunde, all students of Electrical and Electronics Engineering at the Obafemi Awolowo University, as a presentation for the 2014 Microsoft Imagine Cup. This accounts for why it is still only available on the Windows Phone platform at the moment. However, the team decided to take it to the next level by making improvements that will make it more widely accepted, of which includes compatibility with other platforms.

Humane makes smartphone operation easier for the visually impaired. It helps them select music files, play selected videos (though they can only listen), surf the web, set or check the time, the list goes on.

Humane, as it is, is an application software (not available for public download). It was developed for companies who are prospective buyers to add their own modifications to it, although individual buyers will still find it useful as it is.

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NASA's Rover Spot A Black Lady On Planet Mars

A mysterious 'dark lady' has been spotted looking out into space from the surface of Mars.

UFO Sightings Daily has come up with a description of what the dark shape is, claiming it is definitely a woman because her breasts are visible, apparently.

They wrote: The woman seems to have breasts...indicated by the shadow on its chest.

We also see two arms that are lighter in color and what looks like a head with long hair.

"Its hard to tell if this is a living being, or a statue of a being from long ago.

"However, a statue that small would be eroded and destroyed easily, so it has a higher chance of being a living being.

"Also it is facing the Mars rover...watching it from a distance.

"This being is about 8-10 cm tall.

"This looks real.

"And it should concern every country in the world. There is life out there. "