[NFB-Talk] intellicane

[bullis.michael at gmail.com]

I’m not sure that being for or against this idea is the point of it.  

Buddy and others have rightly pointed out that the device has to be more effective than a cane if it were to be useful.  I think about it this way.

When I have used a dog, one of the things I really liked was the ability of the dog to detect obstacles at a distance and go around them.  The thing a dog can’t do is tell you why, for example, it is stopping.  Is it because there is a step up?  Step down?  Cliff?  Wall?  Dogs simply stop and leave it to the user to figure out the rest.

If the intellicane could give more than that little bit of information provided by the dog and still allow the user to use the cane as an analog tool, it might, and I emphasize might, be useful.  Let’s see what they come up with.  Inquiry is the secret to progress but not all inquiry results in anything usable.  Actually, having been a would-be inventor in my life, I would say that most inventions turn out to be failures.  So, let’s see what they come up with, keep our standards high, and enjoy the process while watching it for possible benefit.

 

 

From: nFB-Talk <nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Jen via nFB-Talk
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Subject: Re: [NFB-Talk] intellicane

 

Personally, I'm against this idea. We wouldn't have a need for orientation and mobility skills if this was to catch on. What does everyone else think?

 

On Thursday, February 24, 2022, 01:24:47 PM EST, Michael Bullis via nFB-Talk <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org <mailto:nfb-talk at nfbnet.org> > wrote: 

 

 

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