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Prototype Vehicle For the Blind

Posted by timothy on from the this-needs-a-playstation-analog-too dept.

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."

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  1. Titles messed up? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I see "Comments: 42 +- Technology: Prototype Vehicle For the Blind" as the title.

    Taco doing LIVE trials again? WTF?

  2. Re:Hmm... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    For the love of god correct your signature. It's "For all intents and purposes", not "intensive". That's the sort of mistake you shouldn't be making after the age of five...