New Radar Device Helps Blind People 'See'

greenrainbow writes "Students in Israel at the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev have developed new technology that allows blind people to 'see' objects around them through a simple radar system. The device consists of a computer, two video cameras, and a scanning light source; it audibly alerts the individual of objects that are in close proximity. The system scans surrounding objects and their distance from two points, much like the human eyes. Unlike current sensor canes, this new light scanning device is a hands-free system that can sense objects on the ground, overhead, and in the periphery."

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Re:IRONY? Israeli's Help the BLIND to SEE?

[Anonymous Coward]

Dear troll:

I'll just comment on your first point -- the rest of your statements appear to follow from that:

On the Gaza Relief Flotilla, an American Citizen - born in New York, Was Shot Five Times, including Four Times in Head. That is not self defense, that is execution.

The American Citizen who was shot was Furkan Dogan. A Turkish-American, 19 years old who is ONLY an American Citizen because of the 14th amendment. He was born here while is father was attending school in NY. He left the US with his family when he was 2 years old. Your self-edited statement gives an incomplete, if not utterly misleading picture.

NPR Interview. Quite interesting

Talking about the region where Furkan lived and was raised:

SIEGEL: From what I hear you saying, these people would be regarded by most Turks as not exactly typical. They were from a particular stream of Turkish life, on the religious side, perhaps on the extremely religious side. Fair?

Ms. ROOKE: They certainly are extremely religious, yes. I mean a lot of them belong to, like I said, political parties that associated with political Islam. There was one man who worked Vakat, which is considered to be a very conservative Islamic publication.

In fact, some of them are quite controversial characters, that political affiliations would be considered as radical Islam. But, of course, the people on the boat, they're not radical Islamists at all, they're just people providing humanitarian aid to those in need on the Gaza Strip.

So there's a debate and a big divide within Turkish society about whether they shouldve gone in the first place or not.

Rooke, along with reporting, also includes the commentary: "But, of course, the people on the boat, they're not radical Islamists at all, they're just people providing humanitarian aid to those in need on the Gaza Strip." It's an interesting comment from her when this hasn't been established and there are reports to the contrary and considering the origins of at least the "American"...

I'm not saying this was right or wrong. I'm saying we don't know everything yet and you are painting an incomplete and VERY slanted picture.

But that's your job, isn't? As a troll?

Re:IRONY? Israeli's Help the BLIND to SEE?

[blackraven14250]

Because Hitler blamed all economic woes on the Jews, people from the midwest tell stories about Jews all having horns despite having never met a Jew to know, and because people like Mel Gibson blame the Jews as a whole for the death of Jesus and depict them as animalistic savages?