This part of this otherwise normal article made me laugh.

Blind people need a way to communicate with the machines that surround them, he says, from automated tellers to ticketing machines at train stations and airports ...

... That's the principle behind the Levar Burton Vision Enhancement Technology Center, a fledgling venture in Morgantown, West Virginia, that will pair the resources of West Virginia University and Georgia Tech with private-sector partners like Motorola Corp.

Levar Burton, who played blind Lt. Geordi La Forge in "Star Trek: The Next Generation," is lending his name and star power to fund-raising efforts for the center.

Though he's not blind, Burton wore a visor on the set that impaired his vision by 75 percent for nearly 12 hours a day.

I have to say, this ranks right up there with Sylvester Stallone training real-life boxers on The Contender.