From BBC.com Vibrating cane to help blind people
13 September 2014 Last updated at 01:11 BST A team of scientists in Delhi has developed a smart cane for blind people, which uses sensors to give vibration feedback. Around 12m people are living with blindness in India, the largest number for any country in the world. Priced at under $50 (£30), the hope is that the smart cane can help people in developing countries. The BBC's Shilpa Kannan met Bharti Kalra, a teacher who has been using the cane, and Professor Balakrishnan of the Indian Institute of Technology in Delhi, who is one of the developers. Please Visit http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-29173691 To read more you can also visit http://assistech.iitd.ernet.in/smartcane.php Smart Cane - Assistech - Indian Institute of Technology Delhi Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list..
