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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Laser-equipped Virginia Tech dirt buggy can be driven by the blind]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/18/laser-equipped-virginia-tech-dirt-buggy-can-be-driven-by-the-bli/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/18/laser-equipped-virginia-tech-dirt-buggy-can-be-driven-by-the-bli/</guid><description><![CDATA[That's quite a good news to the blind]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Youfou]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 18th 2009 6:34AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Laser-equipped Virginia Tech dirt buggy can be driven by the blind]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/18/laser-equipped-virginia-tech-dirt-buggy-can-be-driven-by-the-bli/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/18/laser-equipped-virginia-tech-dirt-buggy-can-be-driven-by-the-bli/</guid><description><![CDATA[And quite bad news to the deaf who cant hear this thing coming while being driven by a blind man.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[James]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 18th 2009 6:36AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Laser-equipped Virginia Tech dirt buggy can be driven by the blind]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/18/laser-equipped-virginia-tech-dirt-buggy-can-be-driven-by-the-bli/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/18/laser-equipped-virginia-tech-dirt-buggy-can-be-driven-by-the-bli/</guid><description><![CDATA[@James - lol]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Dew]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 18th 2009 6:48AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Laser-equipped Virginia Tech dirt buggy can be driven by the blind]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/18/laser-equipped-virginia-tech-dirt-buggy-can-be-driven-by-the-bli/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/18/laser-equipped-virginia-tech-dirt-buggy-can-be-driven-by-the-bli/</guid><description><![CDATA[and soon our roads will be swarmed with blind drivers. yikes..]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[vampritt]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 18th 2009 8:48AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Laser-equipped Virginia Tech dirt buggy can be driven by the blind]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/18/laser-equipped-virginia-tech-dirt-buggy-can-be-driven-by-the-bli/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/18/laser-equipped-virginia-tech-dirt-buggy-can-be-driven-by-the-bli/</guid><description><![CDATA[@vampritt<br><br>Too late. It is already.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Eric]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 18th 2009 9:44AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Laser-equipped Virginia Tech dirt buggy can be driven by the blind]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/18/laser-equipped-virginia-tech-dirt-buggy-can-be-driven-by-the-bli/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/18/laser-equipped-virginia-tech-dirt-buggy-can-be-driven-by-the-bli/</guid><description><![CDATA[And you thought sharks were bad...]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[seriousam7]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 18th 2009 6:35AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Laser-equipped Virginia Tech dirt buggy can be driven by the blind]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/18/laser-equipped-virginia-tech-dirt-buggy-can-be-driven-by-the-bli/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/18/laser-equipped-virginia-tech-dirt-buggy-can-be-driven-by-the-bli/</guid><description><![CDATA[No offense to anyone blind, but I don't think actually operating a moving vehicle is the best route for the future of blind  transportation...best wait for self driving cars.  ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[B3astofthe3ast]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 18th 2009 6:51AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Laser-equipped Virginia Tech dirt buggy can be driven by the blind]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/18/laser-equipped-virginia-tech-dirt-buggy-can-be-driven-by-the-bli/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/18/laser-equipped-virginia-tech-dirt-buggy-can-be-driven-by-the-bli/</guid><description><![CDATA[unless they have text to speech ...i also don't think you have to worry about offending.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Pre-determined]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 18th 2009 7:02AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Laser-equipped Virginia Tech dirt buggy can be driven by the blind]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/18/laser-equipped-virginia-tech-dirt-buggy-can-be-driven-by-the-bli/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/18/laser-equipped-virginia-tech-dirt-buggy-can-be-driven-by-the-bli/</guid><description><![CDATA[It matters not whether they read that I don't mean offense, but rather that I put it out there in the first place as a sign of respect for fellow humans. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[B3astofthe3ast]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 18th 2009 7:15AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Laser-equipped Virginia Tech dirt buggy can be driven by the blind]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/18/laser-equipped-virginia-tech-dirt-buggy-can-be-driven-by-the-bli/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/18/laser-equipped-virginia-tech-dirt-buggy-can-be-driven-by-the-bli/</guid><description><![CDATA[@predetermined: why do you "also don't think you have to worry about offending"?  You think blind people can't read?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[iwi]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 18th 2009 8:02AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Laser-equipped Virginia Tech dirt buggy can be driven by the blind]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/18/laser-equipped-virginia-tech-dirt-buggy-can-be-driven-by-the-bli/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/18/laser-equipped-virginia-tech-dirt-buggy-can-be-driven-by-the-bli/</guid><description><![CDATA[soapbox<br><br>pump your brakes you two...  <br><br>worrying of offense, respect to one another, and Engadget comments are hardly synonymous around here.  and quite frankly i think the blind want to be just treated equal and another "one of the guys".  <br><br>/soapbox<br><br>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Pre-determined]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 18th 2009 9:28PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Laser-equipped Virginia Tech dirt buggy can be driven by the blind]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/18/laser-equipped-virginia-tech-dirt-buggy-can-be-driven-by-the-bli/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/18/laser-equipped-virginia-tech-dirt-buggy-can-be-driven-by-the-bli/</guid><description><![CDATA[LOL]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Brian]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 18th 2009 7:01AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Laser-equipped Virginia Tech dirt buggy can be driven by the blind]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/18/laser-equipped-virginia-tech-dirt-buggy-can-be-driven-by-the-bli/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/18/laser-equipped-virginia-tech-dirt-buggy-can-be-driven-by-the-bli/</guid><description><![CDATA[For a split second it thought it say Laser-equipped Vagina .]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ahmed Alzayani]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 18th 2009 7:04AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Laser-equipped Virginia Tech dirt buggy can be driven by the blind]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/18/laser-equipped-virginia-tech-dirt-buggy-can-be-driven-by-the-bli/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/18/laser-equipped-virginia-tech-dirt-buggy-can-be-driven-by-the-bli/</guid><description><![CDATA[Dear god, don't give them ideas!!!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[B3astofthe3ast]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 18th 2009 7:15AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Laser-equipped Virginia Tech dirt buggy can be driven by the blind]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/18/laser-equipped-virginia-tech-dirt-buggy-can-be-driven-by-the-bli/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/18/laser-equipped-virginia-tech-dirt-buggy-can-be-driven-by-the-bli/</guid><description><![CDATA[this would give new meaning to riding in someone's blind spot...]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Pre-determined]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 18th 2009 7:09AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Laser-equipped Virginia Tech dirt buggy can be driven by the blind]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/18/laser-equipped-virginia-tech-dirt-buggy-can-be-driven-by-the-bli/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/18/laser-equipped-virginia-tech-dirt-buggy-can-be-driven-by-the-bli/</guid><description><![CDATA[It's a nice car, but the huge blind spot is a deal breaker.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[10minutehobo]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 18th 2009 7:25AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Laser-equipped Virginia Tech dirt buggy can be driven by the blind]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/18/laser-equipped-virginia-tech-dirt-buggy-can-be-driven-by-the-bli/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/18/laser-equipped-virginia-tech-dirt-buggy-can-be-driven-by-the-bli/</guid><description><![CDATA[They'd probably also be doing us all a favor by putting these in any car costing over 40,000.00 or so.<br><br>Rich people drive like the disabled.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[strider_mt2k]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 18th 2009 7:37AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Laser-equipped Virginia Tech dirt buggy can be driven by the blind]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/18/laser-equipped-virginia-tech-dirt-buggy-can-be-driven-by-the-bli/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/18/laser-equipped-virginia-tech-dirt-buggy-can-be-driven-by-the-bli/</guid><description><![CDATA[Gobble Gobble bitches :)]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jeffrey]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 18th 2009 7:40AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Laser-equipped Virginia Tech dirt buggy can be driven by the blind]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/18/laser-equipped-virginia-tech-dirt-buggy-can-be-driven-by-the-bli/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/18/laser-equipped-virginia-tech-dirt-buggy-can-be-driven-by-the-bli/</guid><description><![CDATA[That deaf, dumb and blind kid can't drive...<br><br>but he sure plays a mean pinball!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[exNewt]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 18th 2009 10:26AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Laser-equipped Virginia Tech dirt buggy can be driven by the blind]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/18/laser-equipped-virginia-tech-dirt-buggy-can-be-driven-by-the-bli/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/18/laser-equipped-virginia-tech-dirt-buggy-can-be-driven-by-the-bli/</guid><description><![CDATA[The resulting technologies and applications of this could be huge.  Go Hokies!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[sitruc]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 18th 2009 9:52AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Laser-equipped Virginia Tech dirt buggy can be driven by the blind]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/18/laser-equipped-virginia-tech-dirt-buggy-can-be-driven-by-the-bli/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/18/laser-equipped-virginia-tech-dirt-buggy-can-be-driven-by-the-bli/</guid><description><![CDATA[Just saw on ebay <a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/Pilot-Go-Kart-Red_W0QQitemZ230358101089QQcmdZViewItemQQptZGo_Karts?hash=item35a269ac61&_trksid=p4634.c0.m14.l1262&_trkparms=%7C293%3A1%7C294%3A30" rel="nofollow">http://cgi.ebay.com/Pilot-Go-Kart-Red_W0QQitemZ230358101089QQcmdZViewItemQQptZGo_Karts?hash=item35a269ac61&_trksid=p4634.c0.m14.l1262&_trkparms=%7C293%3A1%7C294%3A30</a>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Shil]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 18th 2009 10:22AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Laser-equipped Virginia Tech dirt buggy can be driven by the blind]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/18/laser-equipped-virginia-tech-dirt-buggy-can-be-driven-by-the-bli/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/18/laser-equipped-virginia-tech-dirt-buggy-can-be-driven-by-the-bli/</guid><description><![CDATA[Motorcyclists everywhere beware.  I'd think that the lasers and voice would work at low speeds around a parking lot, but at highway speeds with lots of other cars....  It'd be hard to understand the constant, rapid flurry of warnings :P  ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Brian]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 18th 2009 12:03PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Laser-equipped Virginia Tech dirt buggy can be driven by the blind]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/18/laser-equipped-virginia-tech-dirt-buggy-can-be-driven-by-the-bli/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/18/laser-equipped-virginia-tech-dirt-buggy-can-be-driven-by-the-bli/</guid><description><![CDATA[Virginia Tech HOKIES!!!!! WE RULE!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[kizildere]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 18th 2009 12:34PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Laser-equipped Virginia Tech dirt buggy can be driven by the blind]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/18/laser-equipped-virginia-tech-dirt-buggy-can-be-driven-by-the-bli/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/18/laser-equipped-virginia-tech-dirt-buggy-can-be-driven-by-the-bli/</guid><description><![CDATA[So, in other words, this is equivalent to any car in Arizona (or any state where the right of blind retirees to drive is only ever challenged by suicidal politicians).]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[zorg]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 18th 2009 12:49PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Laser-equipped Virginia Tech dirt buggy can be driven by the blind]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/18/laser-equipped-virginia-tech-dirt-buggy-can-be-driven-by-the-bli/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/18/laser-equipped-virginia-tech-dirt-buggy-can-be-driven-by-the-bli/</guid><description><![CDATA[How about they just focus on making road worthy self driving cars? The people on the road already are frightening enough as it is. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Asha]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 18th 2009 2:01PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Laser-equipped Virginia Tech dirt buggy can be driven by the blind]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/18/laser-equipped-virginia-tech-dirt-buggy-can-be-driven-by-the-bli/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/18/laser-equipped-virginia-tech-dirt-buggy-can-be-driven-by-the-bli/</guid><description><![CDATA[...but can it stop a bullet?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Zupcak]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 18th 2009 3:14PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Laser-equipped Virginia Tech dirt buggy can be driven by the blind]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/18/laser-equipped-virginia-tech-dirt-buggy-can-be-driven-by-the-bli/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/18/laser-equipped-virginia-tech-dirt-buggy-can-be-driven-by-the-bli/</guid><description><![CDATA[You do realize that this school is full of real people who were affected by that and will never be the same. That for years every class that graduates will think of those who should have. What is joke material for you is all too real for many, many people.<br><br>Hokie, Hokie, Hokie, Hi]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[We Are Virginia Tech]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 18th 2009 4:35PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Laser-equipped Virginia Tech dirt buggy can be driven by the blind]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/18/laser-equipped-virginia-tech-dirt-buggy-can-be-driven-by-the-bli/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/18/laser-equipped-virginia-tech-dirt-buggy-can-be-driven-by-the-bli/</guid><description><![CDATA[@ Micheal Zupcak<br><br>Or you could try not being a douche bag]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Slick]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 19th 2009 12:50AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Laser-equipped Virginia Tech dirt buggy can be driven by the blind]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/18/laser-equipped-virginia-tech-dirt-buggy-can-be-driven-by-the-bli/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/18/laser-equipped-virginia-tech-dirt-buggy-can-be-driven-by-the-bli/</guid><description><![CDATA[Yeah Tech!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[blah2545]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 18th 2009 4:28PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Laser-equipped Virginia Tech dirt buggy can be driven by the blind]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/18/laser-equipped-virginia-tech-dirt-buggy-can-be-driven-by-the-bli/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/18/laser-equipped-virginia-tech-dirt-buggy-can-be-driven-by-the-bli/</guid><description><![CDATA[Didn't Whistler do this already in the movie "Sneakers"?  And he was driving backwards!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[JohnPombrio]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 18th 2009 8:36PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Laser-equipped Virginia Tech dirt buggy can be driven by the blind]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/18/laser-equipped-virginia-tech-dirt-buggy-can-be-driven-by-the-bli/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/18/laser-equipped-virginia-tech-dirt-buggy-can-be-driven-by-the-bli/</guid><description><![CDATA[My School... My Department... On Engadget again.. baller]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Slick]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 19th 2009 12:48AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Laser-equipped Virginia Tech dirt buggy can be driven by the blind]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/18/laser-equipped-virginia-tech-dirt-buggy-can-be-driven-by-the-bli/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/18/laser-equipped-virginia-tech-dirt-buggy-can-be-driven-by-the-bli/</guid><description><![CDATA[Oh boy, you went to a third tier school.  How exciting!  You win a cookie.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[William Winchester]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 19th 2009 7:58AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Laser-equipped Virginia Tech dirt buggy can be driven by the blind]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/18/laser-equipped-virginia-tech-dirt-buggy-can-be-driven-by-the-bli/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/18/laser-equipped-virginia-tech-dirt-buggy-can-be-driven-by-the-bli/</guid><description><![CDATA[I thought this had already been done by Honda.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[HektikLyfe]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 21st 2009 2:28PM</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
