[nabs-l] Straight Talk about Vision Loss: The Blind Driver Challenge

[alena roberts]

That was a great video. I wish they had gone more into how the car
works, but maybe next time. Thanks for sharing this. I am sure I'll do
a blog post about this issue so look forward to that.

On 5/21/09, pajohns1 at vt.edu <pajohns1 at vt.edu> wrote:
>
>         Nice little intro piece on the concept.  Hopefully a second segment
> will be aired about the vehicle itself.  I had an opportunity to test drive
> the vehicle last week and I can say from personal experience it was a blast.
>
> Patrick
> @Virginia Tech
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Rob Lambert" <rmlambert1987 at yahoo.com>
> Sent: Thursday, May 21, 2009 1:32 AM
>
>
>> In case anyone is interested, this YouTube video from the NFB explains a
>> brand new interface in which the blind can actually make real life driving
>>
>> decisions. This is a concept that is half autonomous and half human input.
>>
>> THey also talk about this technology being used for spin-off applications.
>>
>> This is very interesting. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PyVpLI52vWE
>
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Alena Roberts
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