http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/prototype-car-with-tactile-feedback-challenges-the-blind-to-driv/ Engadget Comments for http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/prototype-car-with-tactile-feedback-challenges-the-blind-to-driv/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/prototype-car-with-tactile-feedback-challenges-the-blind-to-driv/
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yea what's up with that?!]]>Jul 4th 2010 10:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/prototype-car-with-tactile-feedback-challenges-the-blind-to-driv/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/prototype-car-with-tactile-feedback-challenges-the-blind-to-driv/
'Bat-like neighbors' - it's not like the blind could read this ]]>Jul 4th 2010 10:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/prototype-car-with-tactile-feedback-challenges-the-blind-to-driv/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/prototype-car-with-tactile-feedback-challenges-the-blind-to-driv/is that you Jerry Seinfeld?]]>Jul 4th 2010 10:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/prototype-car-with-tactile-feedback-challenges-the-blind-to-driv/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/prototype-car-with-tactile-feedback-challenges-the-blind-to-driv/Jul 4th 2010 10:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/prototype-car-with-tactile-feedback-challenges-the-blind-to-driv/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/prototype-car-with-tactile-feedback-challenges-the-blind-to-driv/Jul 4th 2010 10:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/prototype-car-with-tactile-feedback-challenges-the-blind-to-driv/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/prototype-car-with-tactile-feedback-challenges-the-blind-to-driv/
Actually, they can. I have a blind friend who I went to college with. She has a special computer that converts all text onscreen to brail as she reads. She is active on Facebook, and likes the internet like any other young person. ]]>Jul 4th 2010 10:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/prototype-car-with-tactile-feedback-challenges-the-blind-to-driv/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/prototype-car-with-tactile-feedback-challenges-the-blind-to-driv/well I thought it was funny, certainly not the most controversial thing on engadget,
also bats don't lack eye-sight either, it's a common misconception because they rely mostly on hearing to navigate in flight]]>Jul 4th 2010 10:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/prototype-car-with-tactile-feedback-challenges-the-blind-to-driv/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/prototype-car-with-tactile-feedback-challenges-the-blind-to-driv/Jul 4th 2010 11:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/prototype-car-with-tactile-feedback-challenges-the-blind-to-driv/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/prototype-car-with-tactile-feedback-challenges-the-blind-to-driv/Jul 4th 2010 11:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/prototype-car-with-tactile-feedback-challenges-the-blind-to-driv/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/prototype-car-with-tactile-feedback-challenges-the-blind-to-driv/
Isn't that Drew Barrymore? She hasn't aged a bit!]]>Jul 4th 2010 12:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/prototype-car-with-tactile-feedback-challenges-the-blind-to-driv/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/prototype-car-with-tactile-feedback-challenges-the-blind-to-driv/
"Not only am I CEO for the National Federation of the Blind, but I'm also a client."]]>Jul 4th 2010 1:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/prototype-car-with-tactile-feedback-challenges-the-blind-to-driv/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/prototype-car-with-tactile-feedback-challenges-the-blind-to-driv/Jul 4th 2010 2:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/prototype-car-with-tactile-feedback-challenges-the-blind-to-driv/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/prototype-car-with-tactile-feedback-challenges-the-blind-to-driv/WTF? racist much?]]>Jul 4th 2010 6:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/prototype-car-with-tactile-feedback-challenges-the-blind-to-driv/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/prototype-car-with-tactile-feedback-challenges-the-blind-to-driv/Jul 4th 2010 8:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/prototype-car-with-tactile-feedback-challenges-the-blind-to-driv/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/prototype-car-with-tactile-feedback-challenges-the-blind-to-driv/Jul 4th 2010 8:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/prototype-car-with-tactile-feedback-challenges-the-blind-to-driv/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/prototype-car-with-tactile-feedback-challenges-the-blind-to-driv/
Or better yet... let's find cure's for blindness as well as bionic eyeballs. THAT would be something!]]>Jul 5th 2010 12:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/prototype-car-with-tactile-feedback-challenges-the-blind-to-driv/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/prototype-car-with-tactile-feedback-challenges-the-blind-to-driv/Jul 4th 2010 10:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/prototype-car-with-tactile-feedback-challenges-the-blind-to-driv/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/prototype-car-with-tactile-feedback-challenges-the-blind-to-driv/Jul 4th 2010 10:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/prototype-car-with-tactile-feedback-challenges-the-blind-to-driv/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/prototype-car-with-tactile-feedback-challenges-the-blind-to-driv/Jul 4th 2010 11:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/prototype-car-with-tactile-feedback-challenges-the-blind-to-driv/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/prototype-car-with-tactile-feedback-challenges-the-blind-to-driv/
Yup, there is. Personally I feel there are enough blind drivers on the roads right now though.]]>Jul 4th 2010 1:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/prototype-car-with-tactile-feedback-challenges-the-blind-to-driv/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/prototype-car-with-tactile-feedback-challenges-the-blind-to-driv/Jul 4th 2010 10:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/prototype-car-with-tactile-feedback-challenges-the-blind-to-driv/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/prototype-car-with-tactile-feedback-challenges-the-blind-to-driv/Jul 4th 2010 10:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/prototype-car-with-tactile-feedback-challenges-the-blind-to-driv/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/prototype-car-with-tactile-feedback-challenges-the-blind-to-driv/On another note, insurance companies will have a field day if the blind where legally allowed to drive. Can you image the premium covers..]]>Jul 4th 2010 10:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/prototype-car-with-tactile-feedback-challenges-the-blind-to-driv/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/prototype-car-with-tactile-feedback-challenges-the-blind-to-driv/Jul 4th 2010 10:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/prototype-car-with-tactile-feedback-challenges-the-blind-to-driv/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/prototype-car-with-tactile-feedback-challenges-the-blind-to-driv/Jul 4th 2010 10:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/prototype-car-with-tactile-feedback-challenges-the-blind-to-driv/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/prototype-car-with-tactile-feedback-challenges-the-blind-to-driv/
Here, here!!]]>Jul 5th 2010 1:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/prototype-car-with-tactile-feedback-challenges-the-blind-to-driv/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/prototype-car-with-tactile-feedback-challenges-the-blind-to-driv/Jul 4th 2010 10:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/prototype-car-with-tactile-feedback-challenges-the-blind-to-driv/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/prototype-car-with-tactile-feedback-challenges-the-blind-to-driv/Jul 4th 2010 10:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/prototype-car-with-tactile-feedback-challenges-the-blind-to-driv/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/prototype-car-with-tactile-feedback-challenges-the-blind-to-driv/Jul 4th 2010 10:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/prototype-car-with-tactile-feedback-challenges-the-blind-to-driv/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/prototype-car-with-tactile-feedback-challenges-the-blind-to-driv/Jul 4th 2010 10:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/prototype-car-with-tactile-feedback-challenges-the-blind-to-driv/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/prototype-car-with-tactile-feedback-challenges-the-blind-to-driv/Jul 4th 2010 11:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/prototype-car-with-tactile-feedback-challenges-the-blind-to-driv/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/prototype-car-with-tactile-feedback-challenges-the-blind-to-driv/Stop signs in the US all look exactly the same and they are pretty obvious, an image recognition program could catch them in 2ms.]]>Jul 4th 2010 11:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/prototype-car-with-tactile-feedback-challenges-the-blind-to-driv/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/prototype-car-with-tactile-feedback-challenges-the-blind-to-driv/Actually, aside from the text they're pretty universal and retroreflective.
US, Canada, Mexico, China, UK, Korea, and a bunch of others use the red octagon.
Catching stop signs would be the least of their problems I think.
Stop lights would be harder, but not bad either.]]>Jul 4th 2010 11:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/prototype-car-with-tactile-feedback-challenges-the-blind-to-driv/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/prototype-car-with-tactile-feedback-challenges-the-blind-to-driv/Jul 4th 2010 11:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/prototype-car-with-tactile-feedback-challenges-the-blind-to-driv/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/prototype-car-with-tactile-feedback-challenges-the-blind-to-driv/Jul 4th 2010 10:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/prototype-car-with-tactile-feedback-challenges-the-blind-to-driv/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/prototype-car-with-tactile-feedback-challenges-the-blind-to-driv/Jul 4th 2010 10:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/prototype-car-with-tactile-feedback-challenges-the-blind-to-driv/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/prototype-car-with-tactile-feedback-challenges-the-blind-to-driv/Jul 4th 2010 10:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/prototype-car-with-tactile-feedback-challenges-the-blind-to-driv/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/prototype-car-with-tactile-feedback-challenges-the-blind-to-driv/Jul 4th 2010 10:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/prototype-car-with-tactile-feedback-challenges-the-blind-to-driv/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/prototype-car-with-tactile-feedback-challenges-the-blind-to-driv/
A trip to the emergency room maybe?]]>Jul 4th 2010 4:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/prototype-car-with-tactile-feedback-challenges-the-blind-to-driv/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/prototype-car-with-tactile-feedback-challenges-the-blind-to-driv/Jul 4th 2010 10:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/prototype-car-with-tactile-feedback-challenges-the-blind-to-driv/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/prototype-car-with-tactile-feedback-challenges-the-blind-to-driv/Jul 4th 2010 11:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/prototype-car-with-tactile-feedback-challenges-the-blind-to-driv/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/prototype-car-with-tactile-feedback-challenges-the-blind-to-driv/
If you asked me (and you didn't), couldn't this R&D exercise and the funds that go along with it been used to study and/or implement better mass transit systems?

Cynical old me assumes that's it's another way to suck the lifeblood out the blind and get them on the money train of cars, fuels, repairs, loans and insurance. After all, they must be rolling in the dough because they don't have these expenses.

Even if it is an exercise in new technology, why devote it to cars?]]>Jul 4th 2010 11:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/prototype-car-with-tactile-feedback-challenges-the-blind-to-driv/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/prototype-car-with-tactile-feedback-challenges-the-blind-to-driv/Jul 4th 2010 11:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/prototype-car-with-tactile-feedback-challenges-the-blind-to-driv/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/prototype-car-with-tactile-feedback-challenges-the-blind-to-driv/Jul 4th 2010 11:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/prototype-car-with-tactile-feedback-challenges-the-blind-to-driv/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/prototype-car-with-tactile-feedback-challenges-the-blind-to-driv/Jul 4th 2010 11:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/prototype-car-with-tactile-feedback-challenges-the-blind-to-driv/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/prototype-car-with-tactile-feedback-challenges-the-blind-to-driv/Jul 4th 2010 1:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/prototype-car-with-tactile-feedback-challenges-the-blind-to-driv/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/prototype-car-with-tactile-feedback-challenges-the-blind-to-driv/Jul 4th 2010 11:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/prototype-car-with-tactile-feedback-challenges-the-blind-to-driv/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/prototype-car-with-tactile-feedback-challenges-the-blind-to-driv/I thought this was already meant for people who cannot see?]]>Jul 4th 2010 12:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/prototype-car-with-tactile-feedback-challenges-the-blind-to-driv/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/prototype-car-with-tactile-feedback-challenges-the-blind-to-driv/Jul 4th 2010 12:53PM