[nabs-l] Device Helps Blind See with Tongue

[Brandon Keith Biggs]

Hello,
actually, there is no way radio waves can caws cancer. It's physically 
impossible.. And I think it would just be like a joy stick deal, where you 
are able to move through menus and hit enter and whatnot, not type. It would 
be really nice for those of us who read massive amounts of books, and those 
of us who are doing something messy, like baking while listening to music or 
books.
The glasses I think will be the best invention ever, if they are able to be 
made accessible. Like the Google car, new technology will take time to be 
integrated into our culture, because there is always people who don't 
understand it and people who are scared of it, even though they have never 
tried it.
BTW, how am I supposed to find the sign in the first place to get a good 
picture of what it says without touching it first?
Thanks,

Brandon Keith Biggs
-----Original Message----- 
From: Bill
Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2012 7:16 AM
To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Device Helps Blind See with Tongue

blue-tooth in my mouth sounds like cancer just waiting to happen, I'll pass.

On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 8:48 PM, Sophie Trist <sweetpeareader at gmail.com> 
wrote:
> I find the thought of operating my braillenote with my mouth slightly 
> creepy
> and I'm not ashamed to admit it. And another reason sighted people are so
> inept at traveling is because (at least in school hallways) they never 
> look
> where they're going. :) This boggles my mind...
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Brandon Keith Biggs" <brandonboy13 at comcast.net
> To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list" 
> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
> Date sent: Tue, 22 May 2012 17:55:06 -0700
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Device Helps Blind See with Tongue
>
> haha!
> I really think that using the tongue to do things is a huge under 
> exploited
> part of our body... I'd like to see some way to control my note taker with
> my tongue...
> I doubt I'll be buying this, unless it makes sight-reading piano music
> feasible.
> As for sighted people not understanding that blind people are probably
> better equipped to travel than they are, it probably has to do with the 
> fact
> sighted people have no idea how to travel without signs.
> I'm highly amused and I hope the failure of their first product doesn't
> deter them from making Bluetooth remote controls for the mouth!
> Thanks,
>
> Brandon Keith Biggs
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Justin Salisbury
> Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2012 3:13 PM
> To: nabs-l at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [nabs-l] Device Helps Blind See with Tongue
>
> Philosophy Discussion Time
>
> I just caught this story on the local news, and I want to hear people's
> opinions of it.  There are many different versions of this news story, but
> here's a link to a page with a video and text article:
>
> http://wearecentralpa.com/fulltext-healthcast?nxd_id=369932
>
> Feel free to find other versions of this story using a simple search 
> engine.
>
> When I heard that Mark couldn't wait for the day that he could navigate 
> his
> own home independently with a device, I thought to myself "hey, I already
> have one of those devices.  It's called a cane!"
>
> In my reading on the story, I get the impression that researchers think 
> that
> this device is important because we blind people are oblivious to our
> surroundings and need some way to get information about them.  I think 
> this
> is cool research for the sake of research, but I see absolutely no 
> practical
> need for the device.  With the proper skills and training, we can
> independently navigate our own surroundings.  I further wonder if maybe
> these uneducated or incorrectly educated researchers simply don't know 
> about
> the techniques we blind people can use to independently navigate our
> surroundings or if they view them as inferior and think we should be 
> trying
> to operate as closely to sighted people as we can.
>
> What does everyone on the list think?
>
> Justin Salisbury
> President
> North Carolina Association of Blind Students
>
>
> Justin M. Salisbury
> Class of 2012
> B.A. in Mathematics
> East Carolina University
> president at alumni.ecu.edu
>
> “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can 
> change
> the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.”    —MARGARET MEAD
>
>
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