News and Current Events

National Federation of the Blind and World Blind Union Call for Rescission of New Ban on Blind Mountaineers Baltimore, Maryland (January 2, 2018): The National Federation of the Blind (NFB) and [...]

My visit to the World Trade Center Memorial. I am able to use my new glasses from Aira Technology and get a pretty amazing perspective.

  As you all know this time of year is very busy with travel and speaking engagements. I thought I would share one of the interviews with you all here. Enjoy.  Life After Blindness [...]

Dear Students: The National Federation of the Blind is committed to exploring how technology helps blind students live the lives they want. Exciting new technologies are fundamentally altering [...]

Here’s a link and an excerpt from a recent podcast that I did about Aira. “Aira Presents: Michael Hingson – Bringing the Thunder to Aira” As many of you know, I was [...]

Hello My dear friends….I am pleased to announce that I have joined Aira and the Director of Strategic Sales! Here’s a note from our CEO, Suman Kanuganti, on his relationship with Me: [...]

I was mentioned in this blog post by BY CHRISTOPHER ELLIOTT | June 5th, 2017   Flying with a disability is never easy, but in the past, airlines have lightened the burden a little by [...]

Lawsuit Alleges Blind People Cannot Use Greyhound Website or Mobile App San Francisco (June 12, 2017): In February of 2015 Tina Thomas, who is blind, was planning a trip from her home in Los [...]

After beta testing technology that provides remote assistant services for the blind, San Diego-based Aira has raised $12 million in a Series B round that it says will enable the company to expand [...]

Last week I wrote an article discussing the decline of customer oriented services by airlines in the United States. I promise to tell my own personal story of a recent trip I took involving an [...]