[nfb-talk] TALKING SHOES FOR THE BLIND

Dmgina dmgina at samobile.net
Sun Oct 6 01:07:40 UTC 2013 

I hope to read the article on the shoes. There could be a plus if it could help you from falling off the curb. What is the price. 

Dar
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Every sinner has a future 


> On Oct 5, 2013, at 4:05 PM, "Mark Tardif" <markspark at roadrunner.com> wrote:
> 
> Indeed it might.  You might be famous forever, I mean, Sunday dinner decades to come, someone who saw that might be telling his/her family about this strange person with the vibrating zipper.
> 
> 
> 
> Mark Tardif
> Nuclear arms will not hold you.
> -----Original Message----- From: Loren Wakefield
> Sent: Saturday, October 05, 2013 4:05 PM
> To: 'NFB Talk Mailing List'
> Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] TALKING SHOES FOR THE BLIND
> 
> The bibratin zipper might be the highlight of some people's day, whether
> he or she be blind or sighted.
> 
> Loren
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfb-talk [mailto:nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Mark Tardif
> Sent: Tuesday, October 01, 2013 7:30 PM
> To: NFB Talk Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] TALKING SHOES FOR THE BLIND
> 
> I wasn't going to go with this one, because it is somewhat of an X-rated
> one, but how about a talking zipper for the blind on your trousers?  If you
> were moving in the wrong direction, the zipper would vibrate and
> automatically unzip, and everyone would see that you are moving in the wrong
> direction.
> 
> 
> 
> Mark Tardif
> Nuclear arms will not hold you.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gloria Whipple
> Sent: Tuesday, October 01, 2013 8:09 PM
> To: 'NFB Talk Mailing List'
> Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] TALKING SHOES FOR THE BLIND
> 
> Here is another one. Talking teeth for the blind.
> 
> Gloria Whipple
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfb-talk [mailto:nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Humberto
> Sent: Tuesday, October 01, 2013 17:08
> To: NFB Talk Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] TALKING SHOES FOR THE BLIND
> 
> How about talking brains for the blind...
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mike Freeman" <k7uij at panix.com>
> To: "'NFB Talk Mailing List'" <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, October 01, 2013 3:26 PM
> Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] TALKING SHOES FOR THE BLIND
> 
> 
>> Now *I'd* like to see talking feet for the blind! :-)
>> 
>> Mike
>> 
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nfb-talk [mailto:nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Ray Foret
>> jr
>> Sent: Tuesday, October 01, 2013 3:24 PM
>> To: NFB Talk Mailing List
>> Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] TALKING SHOES FOR THE BLIND
>> 
>> Quite true.  After all, we're not all the same are we?
>> 
>> 
>> Sent from my mac, the only computer with full accessibility for the blind
>> built-in!
>> Sincerely,
>> The Constantly Barefooted Ray
>> Still a very proud and happy Mac and Iphone user!
>> 
>> On Oct 1, 2013, at 5:10 PM, "Mark Tardif" <markspark at roadrunner.com>
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> Another good point.  And that's right, you're the constantly barefooted
>> one, LOL.  And, I would imagine, in a country like India, blind people are
>> probably much worse off than we are here in the good old United States of
>> America, and many probably afford good shoes and do walk barefoot.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Mark Tardif
>>> Nuclear arms will not hold you.
>>> -----Original Message----- From: Ray Foret jr
>>> Sent: Tuesday, October 01, 2013 3:31 PM
>>> To: NFB Talk Mailing List
>>> Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] TALKING SHOES FOR THE BLIND
>>> 
>>> Not to mention which, what if a blind person goes barefooted as much as
>> possible?  Didn't think of that did they?
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Sent from my mac, the only computer with full accessibility for the blind
>> built-in!
>>> Sincerely,
>>> The Constantly Barefooted Ray
>>> Still a very proud and happy Mac and Iphone user!
>>> 
>>> On Oct 1, 2013, at 2:21 PM, "Gloria Whipple" <glowhi at centurylink.net>
>> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Oh, give me a break!
>>>> 
>>>> I hope it doesn't work out.
>>>> 
>>>> Just my opinion.
>>>> 
>>>> Gloria Whipple
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: nfb-talk [mailto:nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Joshua
>>>> Lester
>>>> Sent: Tuesday, October 01, 2013 12:01
>>>> To: nfb-talk at nfbnet.org
>>>> Subject: [nfb-talk] TALKING SHOES FOR THE BLIND
>>>> 
>>>> Good grief!
>>>> What's next?
>>>> Blessings, Joshua
>>>> 
>>>> A haunting black-and-white video screened during the TED Fellows talks<
>>>> 
>>>> http://blog.ted.com/2013/02/25/ted-fellows-give-their-talks-at-ted2013
>>>> 
>>>> depicted people speaking into a device and then walking - at first
>>>> taking halting steps, then more confident strides. As the video
>>>> unfolds, the camera zooms in on the faces of the walkers - revealing
>>>> that they are blind. With his team, TED Senior Fellow Anthony Vipin
>>>> Das, an eye surgeon, has been developing haptic shoes that use
>>>> vibration and GPS technology to guide the blind. This innovation -
>>>> which could radically change the lives of the vision-impaired - has
>>>> drawn the interest of the United States Department of Defense, which
>>>> has recently shortlisted the project for a $2 million research grant.
>>>> Anthony tells us the story behind the shoe.
>>>> Tell us about the haptic shoe.
>>>> 
>>>> The shoe is called Le Chal, which means "take me there" in Hindi. My
>>>> team, Anirudh Sharma and Krispian Lawrence and I, are working on a
>>>> haptic shoe that uses GPS to guide the blind. The most difficult
>>>> problems that the blind usually face when they navigate is orientation
>>>> and direction, as well as obstacle detection. The shoe is in its
>>>> initial phase of testing: We've crafted the technology down to an
>>>> insole that can fit into any shoe and is not limited by the shape of
>>>> the footwear, and it vibrates to guide the user. It's so intuitive that
>>>> if I tap on your right shoulder, you will turn to your right; if I tap
>>>> on your left shoulder, you turn to your left. The shoe basically guides
>>>> the user on the foot on which he's supposed to take a turn. This is for
>>>> direction. The shoe also keeps vibrating if you're not oriented in the
>>>> direction of your initial path, and will stop vibrating when you're
>>>> headed in the right direction. It basically brings the wearer back on
>>>> track as we check orientation at regular intervals. Currently I'm
>>>> conducting the first clinical study at LV Prasad Eye Institute in
>>>> Hyderabad, India. It's very encouraging to see the kind of response
>>>> we've had from wearers. They were so moved because it was probably the
>>>> very first time that they had the sense of independence to move
>>>> confidently - that the shoe was talking to them, telling them where to
>>>> go and what to do.
>>>> How do you tell the shoe where you want to go?
>>>> 
>>>> It uses GPS tracking, and we've put in smart taps: gestures that the
>>>> shoe can learn. You tap twice, and it'll take you home. If you lift
>>>> your heel for five seconds, the shoe might understand, "This is one of
>>>> my favorite locations." And not just that. If a shoe detects a fall, it
>>>> can automatically call an emergency number. Moving forward, we want to
>>>> try to decrease the dependency on the phone and the network to a great
>>>> extent. We hope to crowdsource maps and build up enough data to store
>>>> on the shoe itself.
>>>> 
>>>> The second phase we are working on is obstacle detection. India has got
>>>> such a varied terrain. The shoe can detect immediate obstacles like
>>>> stones, potholes, steps. It's not a replacement for the cane, but it's
>>>> an additive benefit for a visually impaired person to offer a sense of
>>>> direction and orientation.
>>>> Are you still in the development stage?
>>>> 
>>>> The insole is already done. We are currently testing it. I'm using
>>>> simple and complex paths - simple paths like a square, rectangle,
>>>> triangle and a circle, and complex paths include a zigzag or a random
>>>> path. Then we are going to step it up with navigation into a
>>>> neighborhood. From there we'll develop navigation to distant locations,
>>>> including the use of public transportation. It will be a stepwise study
>>>> that we'll finish over the middle of this year, then go in for
>>>> manufacturing the product. You're an eye doctor. How did you get
>>>> involved in this?
>>>> 
>>>> I'm an eye surgeon who loves to step out of my box and try to see
>>>> others who are working in similar areas of technology that are helpful
>>>> for my patients. So Anirudh Sharma and I, we're on the same TR35 list
>>>> of India in 2012. I said, "Dude, I think we can be doing stuff with the
>>>> shoe and my patients. Let's see how we can refine it." There was
>>>> already an initial prototype when he presented last year at EmTech in
>>>> Bangalore. Anirudh teamed up with one of his friends, Krispian Lawrence
>>>> of Ducere Technologies in Hyderabad, who is leading the development and
>>>> logistics to get this into the market. We just formed a really cool
>>>> team, and started working on the shoe, started testing it on our
>>>> patients and refining the model further and further. Finally we've come
>>>> to a stage where my patients are walking and building a bond with the
>> shoe.
>>>> Are these patients comfortable with the shoe?
>>>> 
>>>> Yes, it's totally unobtrusive. And more importantly, we are working on
>>>> developing the first vibration language in the world for the Haptic
>>>> Shoe. We're looking at standardizing the vibration, like Braille, which
>>>> is multilingual. But even more crucial than the technology, the shoe is
>>>> basically talking to the walker. How they can trust the shoe? So that's
>>>> an angle that we are looking at. Because at the end of the day, it's
>>>> the shoe that's guiding you to the destination. We're trying to build
>>>> that bond between the walker and the sole.
>>>> Building a bond with the sole. That's good. I'm going to use that.
>>>> 
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