I have a son with low-vision who is very excited about this possibility. The lack of mobility is a huge problem for the vision impaired, especially if they do not live in a large city with a good mass transit system.
That being said, I think it will be years until something like this is truly available. How would you insure something like this? What happens the first time a blind person hits and kills someone?
Great – can’t wait – when the guy with road rage pulls up next to you screaming “ARE YOU BLIND” you can look him sort of in the face and say “why, yes, as a matter of fact, I am” PLUS now my 85 year old leagally blind Aunt can get her wheels back – she was only taking up 2 lanes before she lost her sight – WOW now she can take her own self to the next hair-do appointment – TOTALLY AWESOME!!!!
Great! Now the banks will be able to utilize those drive-up teller/ATM machines that have the Braile pads on them. See, if you build it they will come.
Well, it could be kinda like an I, Robot kind of thing, were the car drives itself. They were working on something similer to that I read last year. You could drive your car right behind a certian kind of semi and the computers would talk to eachother. your car would automaticly follow the semi until you told it to break off from the group. This would also increase gas economy because the semi would be the one blocking a lot of the air resistance.
The prototype uses non-visual cues to alert the driver to road obstructions,etc. I believe they wear a vest and gloves that vibrate to indicate specific things, and have puffs of air directed at their face for some others.
The researchers may never be able to make this concept 100% safe for the blind drivers or anyone else on the road. What they will achieve is pitting the technology against one of the toughest obsticles available and improving the technology to a much higher point. You don’t get better or make improvements by doing the easy things, you make them by developing the toughest test cases you can for your product. A driverless vehicle was an extremely tough case and this is the next toughest… Can you think of any tougher ones?
I have a son with low-vision who is very excited about this possibility. The lack of mobility is a huge problem for the vision impaired, especially if they do not live in a large city with a good mass transit system.
That being said, I think it will be years until something like this is truly available. How would you insure something like this? What happens the first time a blind person hits and kills someone?
Great – can’t wait – when the guy with road rage pulls up next to you screaming “ARE YOU BLIND” you can look him sort of in the face and say “why, yes, as a matter of fact, I am” PLUS now my 85 year old leagally blind Aunt can get her wheels back – she was only taking up 2 lanes before she lost her sight – WOW now she can take her own self to the next hair-do appointment – TOTALLY AWESOME!!!!
So putting Braille on the drive-up ATMs isn’t all for naught, I guess.
i cant see how this could possibly work.
Great! Now the banks will be able to utilize those drive-up teller/ATM machines that have the Braile pads on them. See, if you build it they will come.
Well, it could be kinda like an I, Robot kind of thing, were the car drives itself. They were working on something similer to that I read last year. You could drive your car right behind a certian kind of semi and the computers would talk to eachother. your car would automaticly follow the semi until you told it to break off from the group. This would also increase gas economy because the semi would be the one blocking a lot of the air resistance.
The prototype uses non-visual cues to alert the driver to road obstructions,etc. I believe they wear a vest and gloves that vibrate to indicate specific things, and have puffs of air directed at their face for some others.
The researchers may never be able to make this concept 100% safe for the blind drivers or anyone else on the road. What they will achieve is pitting the technology against one of the toughest obsticles available and improving the technology to a much higher point. You don’t get better or make improvements by doing the easy things, you make them by developing the toughest test cases you can for your product. A driverless vehicle was an extremely tough case and this is the next toughest… Can you think of any tougher ones?
“Can you think of any tougher ones?”….
Air one Jerry Springer show that does not involve something akin to “My daddy married my sister but it didn’t affect me none”?