[nabs-l] K sonar from BAT

[David Andrews]

Most people don't find it to be that practical or useful.  If it was 
better, it would have caught on -- don't you think??  It has been 
around for a while!

Dave

At 05:32 PM 10/13/2010, you wrote:
>Hello Everyone,
>
>I am curious about the K sonar.  Has anyone used it, and is/was it 
>beneficial for you?  I love the sound of the idea.  Recently, I had 
>to teach a ten-minute lesson in Science about sound, and so I 
>thought it would be neat if sound waves could be used to alert blind 
>folks to obstacles by conceiving a device that could somehow detect 
>sound waves and draw a picture of where sound was not occuring to 
>avoid obstacles.  I decided to see if it had already been invented 
>since if I could think of it, it probably had been conceived 
>already.  It had, and as usual pertaining to assistive technology, 
>it sounds expensive if New Zealand and US currency are 
>equivalent.  Does anyone know of any US distributors of this 
>product, and if so where?  Also, if you have one of these devices, 
>where did you purchase from and was the supplier a reputable 
>supplier.  Right now, I am just curious and wanting to learn 
>more.  I would appreciate it if anyone with information or 
>experience  on this is willing to share.  The link below is for one 
>company where I found this device.
>http://www.zabonne.com/?action=product&id=10458&category=10049
>Also, this website gives different places to get the item
>http://www.batforblind.co.nz/distributors.phpRemember, Jesus Loves You.
>Anita

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