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Hand-Mounted Sonar For the Blind

Posted by samzenpus on from the daredevil-approved dept.

GeekTech.in writes "The Tacit, a wrist-mounted sonar device with haptic feedback, is like strapping a bat to your wrist to help you see. It makes use of two sonar ping sensors to measure the distance to the nearest obstacle. The relative distance to an object is then fed back to the user using two servos which apply pressure to the back of the wrist."

4 of 98 comments (clear)

  1. Bad news, good news by ozmanjusri · · Score: 4, Funny
    Well, the bad news is that it's an incredibly ugly watch.

    The good news is that it's users will never know.

    --
    "I've got more toys than Teruhisa Kitahara."
  2. Batty acronyms by AthanasiusKircher · · Score: 4, Funny
    From the summary (a suggestion that sounds improbable and unadvised):

    ...like strapping a bat to your wrist to help you see...

    From TFA:

    This is a project I'm calling Tacit. No, I didn't bother making an awkward backronym for it....

    I think he's not telling us everything. I'll bet the T in TACIT stands for pteropine... it's just that the 'p' is tacit......

  3. dual use by Black+Parrot · · Score: 4, Funny

    And when someone hassles you too much, you just set it on 'stun' and give them a blast with it.

    --
    Sheesh, evil *and* a jerk. -- Jade
  4. Re:Basically an electronic cane.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    You can hide your cigars in it if the nurse doesn't let you smoke.