[Electronics-talk] Did the virtual cane ever come out?

[Lauren Merryfield]

Hi,
Ours is called Dial a Ride Transit but they always call it DART. 
Thanks
Lauren

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I think the virtual cane was equipped with GPs technology and blu-tooth.
I also heard about an app for smartphones that would tell you when traffic 
signals are red or green.  But I haven't heard anymore about it.  A couple 
of years ago a demonstration of the app was done in, I think it was, Cave 
Creek, Ariz.  Unfortunately I wasn't able to attend the demonstration.  But 
a friend that did attend said it was cool.
Last I read, it sounded as if hesitation was setting in, because cities 
would have to adapt the traffic lighting system.
So I don't think this will be coming soon.  However, I sure hope I'm wrong 
about that.  But if the blind individuals in other cities are like the ones 
here in Phoenix, dependent on paratransportation--as it is called everywhere

except Phoenix which calls it Dial-a-Ride, then the project will stall and 
never get going.
Vince

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> Hi,
> I've never heard of the virtual cane, though I have heard of the laser 
> cane but have no idea whether it's still manufactured and where to get 
> one.  The price that I remember hearing about, if memory serves, was 
> somewhere in the ballpark of three grand, quite an expensive piece of 
> gear. And then there was the UltraCane, which used ultrasonic waves to 
> detect obstacles like the old Sonic Guide did.  I bought one of those 
> about eleven years ago for around $700 but soon found that the handle 
> which housed the ultrasonic apparatus was way too bulky for my taste and 
> if I'd continued to use it I probably would have ended up with a wrist 
> problem because it was so heavy and clunky to use.
>
> Tom
>
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>
>>I don't recall ever hearing about a Virtual cane, honestly.
>> I do know there's a laser cane that's out there.  However, I never heard 
>> of the price for the laser cane, and I've only known one person that had 
>> one and he wasn't told how much it cost.  he was a Vietnam vet.
>> Vince
>>
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>>>I was wondering if the Virtual cane made in Israel a few years ago ever 
>>>came
>>> out commercially?
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
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