Some See Disability as a Unique Individuality, and why not. Well, this individuality needs to be taught and explored and so here are a few applications and technologies developed for those with special needs of visuals and sight. Microsoft has released a new free app for Apple's iPhone, called Seeing AI, and it is generating a lot of interest in a short period of time. In less than a week, "techies" were giving glowing reviews to the app and podcasters were creating tutorials, which is all great news for consumers looking for an introduction to using the app. So what are the various means that AI is empowering the Visually Impaired?

Relonch takes the same "we'll develop the photos for you" approach as Kodak's first consumer film camera, editing RAW or digital negative files for the user as a service, though it is one powered by AI and not workers in a darkroom. The colorful leather-wrapped camera itself is simple -- in fact, there is only a shutter button, power button, lens and a viewfinder. Relonch says the camera is designed for everyone who ha never had the time to learn how to use all the controls on their DSLR. Once the user presses that single button, the image is uploaded to the service. The best shots -- not all of them -- are both selected and edited by the AI software, nicknamed Alfred, and sent back to the user at 9 a.m. the next day via the Relonch mobile app.

Still, co-founders Sergey Korzhenrvich and Yuriy Motin on Tuesday are opening an unusual camera shop on University Avenue in downtown Palo Alto. With venture capitalists and entrepreneurs tripping over each other on its sidewalks, the city is as likely a market for their pricey subscriptions as any. Korzhenrvich and Motin are convinced the showroom can help sell customers on the dream of unleashing an artist trapped inside all of us. "If you own a regular camera, you get the hassles," Korzhenrvich said. "In our case, you unleash your talent from inside. You believe there is a great photographer inside you. And you will know that ordinary and mundane is photogenic."

Mike Leyva from Epson, demonstrates the company's Moverio augmented reality smart glasses during the Drone Rodeo held annually before the Consumer Electronics Show. Connect the Moverio BT-200 ($699) Smart Glasses to your drone, ditch the regular viewfinder, and with the dorky shades over your eyes, look up and see what the drone sees. I'm supposed to have it in my line of sight, per the Federal Aviation Authority. If my drone is flying over the ocean and takes a turn, I could lose the unit, and that's a rather scary feeling. To be fair, the Moverio, from printer manufacturer Epson, doesn't totally engulf your vision like virtual reality headsets.

You'd think the proliferation of smartphone photography would have sparked a revolution in digital cameras. Sure, cameras are more connected now than ever, and mirrorless technology has helped make them smaller and lighter. But the basics -- shoot as much as you want to a memory card and access the photos when and wherever -- have remained. So new ideas are welcome, however bizarre they might be. Enter Relonch, a startup that wants to upend the way we use digital cameras.