From: tilley314@attbi.com
Date: Fri Sep 06 2002 - 07:00:35 MDT
> I've heard surprisingly little about useful hardware.
I've
> said more than once that I would really like to have
an implanted
> device
http://www.napa.ufl.edu/2002news/blindsystem.htm
FOR THE BLIND, A COMPUTER NAVIGATION SYSTEM WITH ITS
OWN ‘MAP’
GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- University of Florida researchers
have wedded speech recognition software, wearable
computers, satellite positioning technology and other
emerging technologies in a 21st-century navigational aid
for the blind.
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2002-09/dnl-
apt090502.php
Ambitious plan to give sight to the blind
The plan is to use a tiny camera and radio-frequency
transmitter lodged in the frame of a patient's glasses
to transmit information and power to modules placed
within the eyeball. The modules will be linked to
retinal nerves that will send electrical impulses to the
brain for processing
c/ct
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