That's the dumbest project the NFB has come up with to date! There's enough
sighted people on the roads who shouldn't be driving.
And what does this message have to do with this list anyway?
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Phil Cox" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, August 08, 2009 1:18 PM
Subject: Blind Driving to come soon!
Hello All, Thought this article might be of interest to all.
20 blind people are able to test drive dune buggy designed by Va. Tech
students
02/08/2009 12:56:00 AM
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
COLLEGE PARK, Maryland - Several blind people were able to get behind the
wheel of
a new high-tech vehicle designed by Virginia Tech engineering students.
Twenty blind people took turns manoeuvring the retrofitted dune buggy Friday
in a
parking lot at the University of Maryland. The test drive capped a National
Federation
for the Blind summer camp for 200 blind youth from across the country.
Virginia Tech was the only university to take on a 2004 challenge from the
federation
to build a vehicle that could let blind people drive.
The buggy they designed uses a laser sensor to figure out the road ahead. A
special
vibrating vest worn by drivers communicates speed and warns when to stop.
And a headset
relays voice commands signalling which way to turn.
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