[access-uk] Re: Ultracane! Do I have a possible collectors item here?
- From: "Husna Begum" <mail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2008 16:15:56 +0100
wouldn't the vibrations on the back of your neck get irritating?
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From: "Peter Beasley" <pjbeasley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Saturday, October 11, 2008 10:14 AM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Ultracane! Do I have a possible collectors item
here?
> About 4 years ago, there was a device in the STates sponsored by the NFB
> called "THe traveller". Thhis device hunground the neck with the unit on
> your chest. THe neck strap contained 3 vibrating pads one on each side of
> your neck and one at the back. WHen an obsticle was dectected directly in
> front of you, the pad on the back of your neck would vibrate, and the
closer
> to the obsticle, the stronger the vibration. Similarly if there was an
> obsticle to your left or right, the correspondind pad would vibrate. This
> device was to be used in combination with a long cane. THere was also a
> compass facility which you could set say, if you were walking across a
> completely open space so that the device would let you know if you were
> drifting of course . I have not heard anything about this now for several
> years so have no idea if it is still being made. The problem with the
> original ones though was that they were not waterproof.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dave Taylor" <dave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, October 11, 2008 9:34 AM
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Ultracane! Do I have a possible collectors item
> here?
>
>
> > Hi, the problem is that if you make a sonar that fits on a cane, it
can't
> > give the same kind of feedback as the Ultracane due to size and shape,
so
> > it
> > would have to be audio feedback of some kind. I actually think I'd
prefer
> > that though!
> >
> >
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