[nagdu] EXTERNAL:Re: Link to the GMA piece

Thu Aug 26 18:23:55 UTC 2010

Yes, this was my take too. Marketing gimmick combined with something
that might be useful. I guess focusing on the way this device would be
used isn't as flashy? 
I do find it interesting that if you read Star Trek closely, Geordi
spends much of his time with his visor off. Does make you think. 

-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Tracy Carcione
Sent: Thursday, August 26, 2010 2:19 PM
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Subject: EXTERNAL:Re: [nagdu] Link to the GMA piece

Thanks Tami.
"Rays of hope in a world of darkness?"  When are we going to get past
this
crap?  Amazing!  The girl can find a fork in her kitchen!  Gosh, however
did I manage to make breakfast this morning without this wonderful
device!
And people using it to go rock-climbing!  Um, don't lots of students at
the Colorado Center go rock-climbing without some high-tech device?

Not picking on you Albert; you have no control over what reporters say,
and it would certainly be useful to be able to locate objects I dropped
without having to paw around on the floor for them,  but I just can't
see
such a thing changing my life in a major way.  Maybe I'm just too
well-adapted to my terrible dark world.

Now, if I could use it to read signs quickly, or price-tags, or tell if
the walk-sign was on, that might actually be useful. With quickly being
the important word.

Tracy

> Here you go.  Meant to post it after I watched, but was in the
headless
> chicken part of my morning...
>
> http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/video/helping-blind-people-tongues-11477360
>
> Hope this works.
>
> Tami Smith-Kinney
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Of Buddy Brannan
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> Subject: Re: [nagdu] o/t My friend Albert J Rizzi on Good
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> Yeesh...you should send a direct link to the rest of us, too?
> --
> Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA
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> On Aug 26, 2010, at 10:15 AM, Albert J Rizzi wrote:
>
>> BOB I SENT YOU A DIRECT LINK TO THE PIECE ON THE ABC SITE.
>>
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>> Hi Cheryl.  Is the actual video available?  thanks
>>
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