Hope it comes to India soon. On 8/24/14, avinash shahi <shahi88avin...@gmail.com> wrote: > Kya Kya aaega market > mein?...http://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/robotic-walking-stick-for-visually-impaired-114082400419_1.html > > In a first, engineers have designed a robotic walking stick for the > visually impaired that can detect the user's immediate path and store > localised geographical information. > > The robotic cane has two cameras and Bluetooth audio functionality. > > The cameras detect objects in the user's path, such as chairs and > stairs, while the audio system communicates to the user. > > Meanwhile, a computer holds information about recent pathways and > objects within them. > > "This allows the cane to recognise the user's location and guide the > user, much as a seeing-eye-dog would do. Like a traditional cane, the > robot cane is adjustable to different lengths," explained its designer > Cang Ye from University of Arkansas at Little Rock - Engineering ERIQ > Lab. > > The technology has been prototyped under the National Robotics > Initiative, funded by the US National Science Foundation and National > Institutes of Health, Live Science reported. > > > > -- > Avinash Shahi > Doctoral student at Centre for Law and Governance JNU > > > > 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.. >
-- Avichal bhatnagar 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..
