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

[Mark J. Cadigan]

Go talk to any soldier, and they will tell you the same thing, that they can 
sometimes feel it when an unseen enemy is watching. Call it a 6th sense.



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Judy Jones" <jtj1 at cableone.net>
To: "Blind Talk Mailing List" <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, December 31, 2012 8:03 PM
Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Echo Location as a Mobility Aid,World Access For The 
Blind?


>I think it's simply noticing the other person's body language.
>
> Judy
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Ray Foret Jr" <rforetjr at att.net>
> To: <gwunder at earthlink.net>; "Blind Talk Mailing List" 
> <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Monday, December 31, 2012 12:50 PM
> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Echo Location as a Mobility Aid,World Access For 
> The Blind?
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>
>> 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
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: blindtlk [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of wogg 
>>> le4
>>> Sent: Monday, December 31, 2012 9:43 AM
>>> To: blindtlk at nfbnet.org
>>> Cc: blind-international-students-request at nfbnet.org
>>> 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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