Blind Drivers Ahead!

The Wenatchee World reports about an amazing thing: blind people driving. Blind! This new and amazing technology was tested at the University of Maryland by 20 blind people.

This amazing vehicle is a result of a challenge posted by the blindness advocacy group which asked which American university could build a car that can be driven by blind people like normal car are driven by sighted people. Well, aparently, they made some progress.

So how does it work? A laser sensor at the front of the vehicle shoots a beam which then returns to the sensor, and from there the data is analyzed by a powerful computer at the back of the vehicle. The computer generates a map of the area, and that way helps the driver by giving him instructions through headphones about steering.

This is a truly amazing discovery. Hopefully this invention will enable blind people to have the freedom we, sighted people, have with cars. Let's also hope they'll drive better than some of the sighted people...

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