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Light sensors help the blind, Frank Gill, founding member of the Scarborough chapter of the Telephone Pioneers of America, works on the circuitry for (...)
Light sensors help the blind, Frank Gill, founding member of the Scarborough chapter of the Telephone Pioneers of America, works on the circuitry for (...)

Light sensors help the blind, Frank Gill, founding member of the Scarborough chapter of the Telephone Pioneers of America, works on the circuitry for (...)

Date4/15/1985
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Original Toronto Star caption: Light sensors help the blind; Frank Gill; founding member of the Scarborough chapter of the Telephone Pioneers of America; works on the circuitry for a light sensor; which can tell a blind person which line on a phone is ringing or whether a room light is on.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0020746F
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