[Blindtlk] Echo Location as a Mobility Aid, World Access For The Blind?

[Ray Foret Jr]

Here's another thought.  I wish someone would come up with a good explanation for this.  We all know it's true.  You know how you can feel someone's eyes on you-and therefore-you know they're watching you and when they're not?  It's something we all know is a fact:  and yet, nobody seems to have bothered to try to work out just exactly what is actually going on.  Is it the eyes of the watcher that  cause this?  Could it possibly be the way in which a person's seeing eyes reflect off what they're f:  sort of like radar so that what we feel is actually the way light bends or bounces back off us?  I sort of have a notion that's what's going on.  When a sighted person looks at you, their eyes put out a kind of what you might call light detection thingy:  maybe the retina and the way it causes focus has something to do with this:  And, this causes the light around the person being looked at to bend in to the shape of that person, I guess maybe that's what makes the shadow.  Anyhow, the now bent light bounces back to the seer's eyes and that is how they can see us.  The byproduct of that focused light reflection is felt by us in the way that the light refraction around us changes.  Well, anyhow, that's my notion:  And, it seems to me that if somebody really worked out how this actually happens, might we not   develop ways in which this finaminan could be useful?  and, after all, who better to learn how to take advantage of and learn to use it them the blind ourselves.


Sincerely,
The Constantly Barefooted Ray
Still a very proud and happy Mac and Iphone user!

On Dec 31, 2012, at 12:41 PM, "Gary Wunder" <gwunder at earthlink.net> wrote:

> I know nothing about this organization, but I credit most of my ability to
> get around to using echolocation and a cane.  It is a tremendous asset to
> have.  There is an interesting book you might want to read called see what
> I'm saying and it is available through the national library service.
> 
> Gary
> 
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> Subject: [Blindtlk] Echo Location as a Mobility Aid, World Access For The
> Blind?
> 
> Hi all
> 
> I have read some material on this online and wondered if people could give
> me:
> 
> 1. Information on this organization?
> 2. Have you done this training? Was it effective? If so, how?
> Especially interested in the views of adults.
> 3. Practicalities, costs etc.
> 
> I really would appreciate your views or if you yourself don't know
> suggestions what other lists I could ask this on.
> Thanks
> 
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