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Prototype Vehicle For the Blind
An anonymous reader writes "A student team from Virginia Tech Robotics and Mechanisms Laboratory have created a vehicle which allows the blind to drive. The vehicle uses a laser range finder to determine distances and alerts the driver through voice commands and vibration. Tomorrow [Friday] morning, the vehicle will have its first public test drive at the University of Maryland. At last, Braille on drive-up ATMs may finally be vindicated."
I didn't see this one coming.
Had to dust off the ol' "whatcouldpossiblygowrong" tag for this one...
Here's to the crazy ones
I see what you did there.
Even the blind can see that this is a bad idea. And they don't need voice commands and vibrations to do it.
...the driver had better concentrate on the guidance system and not be distracted by any scent of a woman.
-- In the beginning was the WORD, and the WORD was UNSIGNED, and the main(){} was without form and void...
....in my neighbourhood. That and/or terminally stupid. What else would you call not stopping for a red light at a busy intersection?
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So now we can all stop asking why the drive up ATM's have braille and audio out! Now that's planning ahead!
The way I see people drive every day, I'd have thought that they have passed testing and moved onto production.
SUVs have been around for years.
you can feel it from a mile away.
Drive up ATMs??? My god you Americans are lazy.
Yeah... what's next? Drive through gyms?
Science advances one funeral at a time- Max Planck
We already have a pi number, though. It's a little more than three.
Weren't they supposed to develop a gun for blind shooters first?
Contrary to the popular belief, there indeed is no God.
I think this is great. Now, I hope they create something women will be able to drive.
I thought we already had these, clustered in training centers around the nation.
Called 'bumper cars.'
may be closer than they feel.
Don't worry! We have recently invented a vehicle that allows you to drive without sight!
All the street signs can be encoded in braille in the reflective dots between the lanes. They can just open the door and run their fingers on the ground while they drive.
Maybe it will help them to stay in their lane too.
Disconnect your television. Do your own research. Draw your own conclusions. They're probably lying. Don't be a sheep.