Hello, Oh good grief. I wish I could be able to drive. Having said that, I can find no reason to take exception to the presentation of the article. I am sure the article will make the rounds of other blindness related lists.
Warm Regards.. Joe Lanier -----Original Message----- From: Terri Pannett [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, August 08, 2009 4:14 PM To: Phil Cox; GW Micro Subject: Re: Blind Driving to come soon! 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? Terri Amateur Radio call sign KF6CA. ----- 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. If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original sender only. If your reply would benefit others on the list and your message is related to GW Micro, then please consider sending your message to [email protected] so the entire list will receive it. All GW-Info messages are archived at http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo, and can be searched through and sorted using the search form at the bottom of the page. If you wish to unsubscribe from this list, send a message to [email protected] and include leave gw-info in the body of the message. __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 4317 (20090808) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original sender only. If your reply would benefit others on the list and your message is related to GW Micro, then please consider sending your message to [email protected] so the entire list will receive it. All GW-Info messages are archived at http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo, and can be searched through and sorted using the search form at the bottom of the page. If you wish to unsubscribe from this list, send a message to [email protected] and include leave gw-info in the body of the message. If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original sender only. If your reply would benefit others on the list and your message is related to GW Micro, then please consider sending your message to [email protected] so the entire list will receive it. All GW-Info messages are archived at http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo, and can be searched through and sorted using the search form at the bottom of the page. If you wish to unsubscribe from this list, send a message to [email protected] and include leave gw-info in the body of the message.
