[Nfbf-l] Covert Affairs

Sun Aug 1 13:30:28 UTC 2010

Hmmm, this might sound cool to some folks, but I don't think I would want to 
be walking around waving a lazar beam around.  It would sure make people 
wonder what you are doing, not to mention how conspicuous you would look.  I 
think I'll pass on that one.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sherri" <flmom2006 at gmail.com>
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Sent: Saturday, July 31, 2010 11:21 PM
Subject: Re: [Nfbf-l] Covert Affairs

> But this is not a cane. It's a small Laser object that he just waves 
> around apparently. Maybe others who can see it can describe it better.
> Sherri
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Kirk" <kvharmon54 at gmail.com>
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>> RJ, It is just a small grip with an invisible laser to the sighted naked 
>> eye
>> . It is suppose to hit on anything in your way as you work it as you 
>> would
>> any other white cane. When it was working on the video I watched many 
>> years
>> past as it was starting to hit the market, it was really cool! You just 
>> go
>> back and  forth as you would with any other white cane and it would give 
>> you
>> a quiet beep when it hit an object for you to be able to avoid. It was
>> having problems however, and I haven't heard any exposure about  it ever
>> since until today! KH
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Kirk Harmon
>> 1138 Evening Stroll Lane
>> Jacksonville, FL. 32221
>>
>> Florida Disabled Citizens for Progress, Inc.
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>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "RJ Sandefur" <joltingjacksandefur at gmail.com>
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>> Sent: Saturday, July 31, 2010 6:27 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Nfbf-l] Covert Affairs
>>
>>
>> What is a lazer cane suposed to do? RJ
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Kirk" <kvharmon54 at gmail.com>
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>> Sent: Saturday, July 31, 2010 6:07 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Nfbf-l] Covert Affairs
>>
>>
>>> PJ, I haven't watched it yet, but perhaps I will try it out now that you
>>> have pointed  it out to us! As far as the laser cane, This is not new. 
>>> It
>>> was developed quite awhile ago, but from what I heard about  it, it was
>>> extremely expensive at the time of my reading abbouutit! They also had
>>> problems with it, which at this reply, I can't rememberr what the issues
>>> were! In any event, thanks for the heads up for another good show! KH
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Kirk Harmon
>>> 1138 Evening Stroll Lane
>>> Jacksonville, FL. 32221
>>>
>>> Florida Disabled Citizens for Progress, Inc.
>>> President & CEO
>>> PH: (904) 783-9896
>>> Cell: (407) 473-2176
>>>
>>> " Turning Hope into Reality"!
>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> From: "PJ" <persianpj at aol.com>
>>> To: <nfbf-l at nfbnet.org>
>>> Sent: Saturday, July 31, 2010 3:28 PM
>>> Subject: [Nfbf-l] Covert Affairs
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> If you've discussed this show, already, forgive us.  We've been out of
>>> town
>>> and away from e-mail most all of July.
>>>
>>> Has anyone, but James and I, seen Covert Affairs?  It's on 10:00 Eastern
>>> time each Tuesday evening on the USA Network and you can watch episodes,
>>> online, too.  One of the main characters, Auggie Anderson, is blind. 
>>> They
>>> show him in a pretty good light (no pun intended) and it's a pretty good
>>> show. So far we haven't seen any glaring errors but he does, sometimes,
>>> use
>>> a small laser cane that we don't think is on the market, yet.
>>> PJ
>>> Panama City
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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