Accidents happen due to somebody's careless driving. We should always have
positive thoughts. Let us wait and hope for the best!
----- Original Message -----
From: "aisha sahani" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, July 03, 2010 10:49 AM
Subject: Re: [AI] Now, a car for the blind
interesting development, but i am afraid this is just going to be a
showpiece.
with increasing accidents even with sighted people, i don't know how
this car will perform on the road when a blind person would be driving
the same.
objects and bumps on the road are the hurdles and i don't know how
will they be overcome.
anyway, interesting knowing about it.
aisha sahani.
On 7/3/10, George Abraham <[email protected]> wrote:
Wonder how this car would perform on Indian roads. Further, the question
would be, will the blind driver in India get a drivers license -----
Original Message -----
From: "Gopalakrishnan" <[email protected]>
To: "Access India" <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, July 03, 2010 8:04 AM
Subject: [AI] Now, a car for the blind
S & T
Technology
Now, a car for the blind
London, July 2, 2010
PTI
Scientists are inching closer to develop a special car, which can be
driven
by blind motorists.
The unique car, expected to be built as early as next year, will be
equipped
with a new technology that would help a sightless person to get behind the
wheel.
The technology, called non-visual interfaces, will guide its driver
through
traffic by transmitting information about nearby vehicles or objects.
Vibrating gloves or streams of compressed air directed behind the wheel
are
among the options for communicating the information needed to avoid
collisions and reach a destination.
The National Federation of the Blind of the U.S. and Virginia Tech, which
are jointly developing the car, said they hope to demonstrate a prototype
of
the car in 2011, the Telegraph reported.
“We’re exploring areas that have previously been regarded as
unexplorable,”
said Dr. Mark Maurer, president of the National Federation of the Blind.
“We’re moving away from the theory that blindness ends the capacity of
human
beings to make contributions to society.”
Mr. Maurer first came up with the idea that the blind could drive about a
decade ago when he launched the organisation’s research institute.
“Some people thought I was crazy, and they thought, ‘Why do you want us to
raise money for something that can’t be done?’ Others thought it was a
great
idea,” Dr. Maurer said.
“Some people were incredulous. Others thought the idea was incredible.”
The vehicle is based in Virginia Tech’s 2007 entry into the DARPA Grand
Challenge, a competition for driverless vehicles financed by the Defence
Department’s research arm.
The blind organisation was impressed by the invention, saying it is part
of
a broader mission, which will change the way people perceive the blind.
Mark Riccobono, executive director of The NFB’s Jernigan Institute, said:
“This will change when people see that we can do something that they
thought
was impossible.”
Source:
http://www.thehindu.com
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