[Blindtlk] Zero or low gravity environments was RE: TheUnfriendlySkies -- What happened?

[Brian Miller]

Mike,
Where did you do yours?  In Vegas with the zero gravity flights?

 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: blindtlk [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf 
> Of Mike Freeman
> Sent: Thursday, April 04, 2013 4:40 PM
> To: Blind Talk Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Zero or low gravity environments was 
> RE: TheUnfriendlySkies -- What happened?
> 
> So have I.
> 
> Mike Freeman
> sent from my iPhone
> 
> On Apr 4, 2013, at 10:26, "Peter Donahue" 
> <pdonahue2 at satx.rr.com> wrote:
> 
> > Good afternoon everyone,
> > 
> >    Mark Riccobono has all ready done it. Ask him.
> > 
> > Peter Donahue
> > 
> > 
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Daniel Garcia" <dangarcia3 at hotmail.com>
> > To: "'Blind Talk Mailing List'" <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
> > Sent: Thursday, April 04, 2013 8:40 AM
> > Subject: [Blindtlk] Zero or low gravity environments was RE: The 
> > UnfriendlySkies -- What happened?
> > 
> > 
> > How would blind people deal with zero G or low G 
> environments?I would 
> > imagine it would be difficult. One of those great things 
> about gravity 
> > is that you can use it to tap your cane and that you don't 
> fly off in 
> > any unknown direction.
> > 
> > Daniel
> > 
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: blindtlk [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On 
> Behalf Of David 
> > Evans
> > Sent: Thursday, April 04, 2013 12:03 AM
> > To: Blind Talk Mailing List
> > Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] The Unfriendly Skies -- What happened?
> > 
> > 
> > Dear Mike,
> > 
> > I still have hope for indoor navigation apps as long as I can get 
> > direction, position location, distance and points of interest 
> > information and maybe a audio description of the area, its 
> shape, size 
> > and location of Poi's within it, it may give me enough info 
> to go on instead of using a sighted guide.
> > If I can find my gate, know if it is on the left or right, 
> ahead of me 
> > or behind me, how far and maybe have a method of telling me if I am 
> > veering off cores to the left or right, it could work for me.
> > Afterall, I never thought that we would see a way that we 
> could use a 
> > touch
> 
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