Robots to Help the Blind

Timberwolf0122 writes "Computer scientists in the US have developed a robot that could help blind people to shop or find their way around large buildings. Utilising a RFID tags to find products and a laser range finder to avoid obsticals. The prototype was developed at Utah State University, is this the end of guide dogs?"

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Again, tech in terms of the disabled.

[Eunuch]

We are all disabled until we become a cyberthalamus (an engineered version of the thalamus, which hosts sentience). We'll take our last breath, and not die. We will become the robot that is helping the so-called "disabled".