[nagdu] Fw: [Nfbf-l] Someday Your Guide Dog May Have Their Own WearableTechnology

[Doug Parisian]

Welcome, but Winnipeg can get to minus 40 for several weeks in winter, and 
that ain't counting wind chill.  And when it's that cold, fresh snow 
squeaks.

Truth to tell, I find most of your country, if not more accepting, at least 
more forthright in their attitudes and thus easier to manage than us 
Canadians so many of whom seem to have that "whisper behind the hand" mind 
set.  You probably guessed, I don't fit that mould.

Doug: if I offend you, please tell your fiends!

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tracy Carcione" <carcione at access.net>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2013 10:41 AM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Fw: [Nfbf-l] Someday Your Guide Dog May Have Their Own 
WearableTechnology


: Doug, I never said sighted people aren't helpful, just that some of them
: have weird ideas about what blind people need.  Now, if this is not your
: experience, perhaps I'd better come to Canada!
: Tracy
:
: > In all probability, the developer was sighted, but hey, we really don't
: > know
: > that.
: >
: > The fact is, I have received more positive and insightful help from 
those
: > terrible sighted people than I've ever experienced from other totally
: > blind
: > folks.  I doubt that Dorothy was blind?
: >
: > Doug: Seeing is believing, feeling is confirmation!
: >
: > ----- Original Message -----
: > From: "Tracy Carcione" <carcione at access.net>
: > To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users"
: > <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
: > Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2013 7:58 AM
: > Subject: Re: [nagdu] Fw: [Nfbf-l] Someday Your Guide Dog May Have Their
: > Own
: > WearableTechnology
: >
: >
: > :I don't need my guide dog to tell me there's an obstacle in front of 
us,
: > : really.  He already tells me by going around it.  I guess it would 
make
: > it
: > : more clear when he's doing his job and when he's going over to cop a
: > : sniff, but that hardly seems worth the trouble of teaching him to use
: > some
: > : gadget.
: > : Maybe I'm missing something, but it seems like another example of
: > : something sighted people think we need that we actually don't.
: > : It's interesting, but to me it doesn't seem particularly useful.
: > : Tracy
: > :
: > : > Fascinating!
: > : >
: > : > Sherri
: > : > ----- Original Message -----
: > : > From: "Alan Dicey" <adicey at bellsouth.net>
: > : > To: "NFB Florida List Group" <nfbf-l at nfbnet.org>
: > : > Sent: Monday, July 15, 2013 4:29 PM
: > : > Subject: [Nfbf-l] Someday Your Guide Dog May Have Their Own
: > : > WearableTechnology
: > : >
: > : >
: > : > Someday Your Guide Dog May Have Their Own Wearable Technology
: > : > Wearable computing seems to be the next frontier. The Pebble watch 
and
: > : > Google Glass are being raved about, but wearable technology doesn't
: > just
: > : > have to be for humans. Researchers at Georgia Tech are working on a
: > system
: > : > called FIDO, or Facilitating Interactions for Dogs with Occupations.
: > The
: > : > idea is that the dog could activate a sensor that would then 
transmit
: > : > either
: > : > a verbal command into a headset or a visual command onto a screen. 
For
: > : > example, a bomb sniffer dog could tell his handler what kind of bomb
: > it
: > : > is,
: > : > or a rescue dog could alert someone that he found an injured person. 
A
: > : > guide
: > : > dog could tell us that there is an obstruction to our right or in
: > front
: > of
: > : > us. According to the article in technology review, "In an early 
study,
: > the
: > : > researchers equipped a dog vest with an Arduino microprocessor and
: > tested
: > : > four different sensors that dogs could activate by biting, tugging, 
or
: > : > putting their mouth nearby. The three service dogs participating in
: > the
: > : > test
: > : > quickly learned to activate the sensors to set off a tone."
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