[nfbwatlk] FW: [Wcb-l] Hear the Prius auto

[Alco Canfield]

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From: wcb-l-bounces at wcbinfo.org [mailto:wcb-l-bounces at wcbinfo.org] On Behalf
Of William L. Freeman, MD, MPH
Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2009 1:14 PM
To: 'WCB - Listserv'
Subject: [Wcb-l] Hear the Prius auto


Y'all,   An invention to make the Prius automobile hearable.  [I have a
Prius.]   from today's New York Times.   Bill Freeman
 
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/04/education/edlife/ideas-noise-t.html
 
January 4, 2009
Bright Ideas | Environment

Can You Hear My Prius Now? 


Unlike their clanking combustion counterparts, cars powered by electricity
make nary a peep. That poses a problem for passersby - the blind in
particular. Enter Everett Meyer and Bryan Bai, who met at the Summer
Institute for Entrepreneurship at the Stanford Graduate School of Business.
They had an idea: make the Prius impossible to ignore. (Both graduated in
June - Dr. Meyer from medical school; Dr. Bai with a Ph.D. in electrical
engineering.) With seed money from the National Federation for the Blind,
they built a system that attaches to a hybrid, mimicking a diesel engine's
purr or a higher-pitched ping. Keep those windows rolled up should the
Pedestrian -Safety Act, now in committee, pass: it seeks to establish
minimum sound levels for hybrids.

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