Hai: Accidents happen not because people can't see, but because people fail to see.
Subramani -----Original Message----- From: accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of aisha sahani Sent: Saturday, July 03, 2010 10:50 AM To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Subject: Re: [AI] Now, a car for the blind interesting development, but i am afraid this is just going to be a showpiece. with increasing accidents even with sighted people, i don't know how this car will perform on the road when a blind person would be driving the same. objects and bumps on the road are the hurdles and i don't know how will they be overcome. anyway, interesting knowing about it. aisha sahani. On 7/3/10, George Abraham <geo...@eyeway.org> wrote: > Wonder how this car would perform on Indian roads. Further, the question > would be, will the blind driver in India get a drivers license ----- > Original Message ----- > From: "Gopalakrishnan" <gopalakrishnan_...@yahoo.co.in> > To: "Access India" <accessindia@accessindia.org.in> > Sent: Saturday, July 03, 2010 8:04 AM > Subject: [AI] Now, a car for the blind > > > S & T > > > > Technology > > > > Now, a car for the blind > > > > London, July 2, 2010 > > > > PTI > > > > Scientists are inching closer to develop a special car, which can be driven > by blind motorists. > > > > The unique car, expected to be built as early as next year, will be equipped > with a new technology that would help a sightless person to get behind the > wheel. > > > > The technology, called non-visual interfaces, will guide its driver through > traffic by transmitting information about nearby vehicles or objects. > > > > Vibrating gloves or streams of compressed air directed behind the wheel are > among the options for communicating the information needed to avoid > collisions and reach a destination. > > > > The National Federation of the Blind of the U.S. and Virginia Tech, which > are jointly developing the car, said they hope to demonstrate a prototype of > the car in 2011, the Telegraph reported. > > > > "We're exploring areas that have previously been regarded as unexplorable," > said Dr. Mark Maurer, president of the National Federation of the Blind. > > > > "We're moving away from the theory that blindness ends the capacity of human > beings to make contributions to society." > > > > Mr. Maurer first came up with the idea that the blind could drive about a > decade ago when he launched the organisation's research institute. > > > > "Some people thought I was crazy, and they thought, 'Why do you want us to > raise money for something that can't be done?' Others thought it was a great > idea," Dr. Maurer said. > > > > "Some people were incredulous. Others thought the idea was incredible." > > > > The vehicle is based in Virginia Tech's 2007 entry into the DARPA Grand > Challenge, a competition for driverless vehicles financed by the Defence > Department's research arm. > > > > The blind organisation was impressed by the invention, saying it is part of > a broader mission, which will change the way people perceive the blind. > > > > Mark Riccobono, executive director of The NFB's Jernigan Institute, said: > "This will change when people see that we can do something that they thought > was impossible." > > > > Source: > > http://www.thehindu.com > Voice your thoughts in the blog to discuss the Rights of persons with > disability bill at: > http://www.accessindia.org.in/harish/blog.htm > > 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.i n > > > Voice your thoughts in the blog to discuss the Rights of persons with > disability bill at: > http://www.accessindia.org.in/harish/blog.htm > > 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.i n > Voice your thoughts in the blog to discuss the Rights of persons with disability bill at: http://www.accessindia.org.in/harish/blog.htm 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.i n Voice your thoughts in the blog to discuss the Rights of persons with disability bill at: http://www.accessindia.org.in/harish/blog.htm 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
