Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Batvision

Popular Science reports on a bracelet that will give blind people warning of objects from one inch to ten feet away. Proximity is expressed by increasing pressure, and direction conveyed by varying the side the pressure is felt on the gauntlet. I might ordinarily be offended that the inventor is not attempting to make a profit- he'll give the plans away, and materials can be purchased for under $100-but considering the target audience, I guess he gets a pass.

3 comments:

Old NFO said...

Yep, but it will cause problems in a sidewalk/busy environment... Good on him for NOT trying to make a fortune on it!

J.R.Shirley said...

I don't know. In usage, it may become very intuitive.

Old NFO said...

JR, I think it will be 'highly' user dependent...


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