[gps-talkusers] Re: "Prototype for Autonomy: Pathway for the Blind" project wins top honors at Intel International Science and Engineering Fair
- From: "Scott Granados" <gsgranados@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2007 18:25:56 -0800
Well, it's nice to see that science isn't totally dead in our schools
either.:) You'd be surprised what can be accomplished with the right
inspiration at a young age.
I wonder about the headphones in this design but the vibrating features
sound really cool and not only for the deaf blind but for queues in loud
conditions. Also, the user could totally focus on audible queues and
traffic while receiving tactile navigation data. Pretty cool! And Michael
has a new potential employee in the works.:)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Alex Parks" <mehgcap@xxxxxxx>
To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, December 31, 2007 1:34 PM
Subject: [gps-talkusers] "Prototype for Autonomy: Pathway for the Blind"
project wins top honors at Intel International Science and Engineering Fair
Hi all,
This is not Sendero, but I have seen gps-related posts and those "posters"
are still on the list so I figured I would pass this along. The vibrating
alert is a good idea, especially for deaf-blind users of even a bn or vs
gps system.
Have a great day,
Alex
---- Original Message ------
From: "BlindNews Mailing List" <BlindNews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: "Prototype for Autonomy: Pathway for the Blind" project wins top
honors at Intel International Science and Engineering Fair
Date sent: Mon, 31 Dec 2007 15:56:59 -0500
Xinhua Net (China View), China
Thursday, December 27, 2007
"Prototype for Autonomy: Pathway for the Blind" project wins top honors at
Intel International Science and Engineering Fair
Each year, 1,400 high-school students from more than 40 countries are
invited to compete in the prestigious Intel International Science and
Engineering Fair (Intel ISEF), the world's largest precollege science
contest. The select group of young scientists is chosen from the several
million students who compete in local and regional science fairs
throughout the year. Participants compete for $3 million in scholarships
and prizes, presenting projects in 15 categories like medicine,
biochemistry, computer science and zoology. Earning top honors isn't the
only goal for contestants. Nineteen percent (or 274) of the finalists at
the 2005 competition held last month have already begun the process to
patent their projects.
Ammem Abdulrasool, a senior at the Illinois Junior Academy of Science, won
top honors at this year's Intel ISEF for his project, "Prototype for
Autonomy: Pathway for the Blind." He walked away with $70,000 in prize
money and a free trip to October's Nobel Prize ceremony. Abdulrasool
developed technology that allows visually impaired individuals to navigate
themselves from one location to another by using the Global Positioning
System. Individuals wear a half-kilo Walkman-size device, a bracelet on
each arm and a pair of earphones. After entering a starting and ending
location into a personal digital assistant (PDA), they are guided with
verbal commands that tell them when and in what direction to turn.
Simultaneously, a bracelet vibrates signaling the correct direction. To
test his device, Abdulrasool recruited 36 blind adults and asked them to
visit five landmarks in his neighborhood. The navigational tool saved
people an average of 26 minutes in travel time and reduced the
number of errors (wrong turns and missed locations). "Looking at how hard
it was for them to travel and how they were dependent on everyone else
motivated me to do something," he said. Abdulrasool hopes are applying
for a patent and then plan to market the product commercially.
In the fair's 56-year history, a number of projects have been
implemented for commercial use. Michael Nyberg, a 2001 competitor, hoped
to reduce the number of West Nile virus infections through acoustics.
With a bucket of mosquito larvae and a sound generator, Nyberg discovered
that a 24 kHz frequency resonated with the natural frequency of
mosquitoes' internal organs: larvae that absorbed the acoustic energy
would explode. His sound-emitting device, Larvasonic, is now sold online
(www.larvasonic.com). Tiffany Clark, a 1999 competitor, found evidence
that bacteria produced the methane gas found inside coal seams in
Wyoming's Powder River Basin. This suggested that injecting nutrients
into coal seams might provide an unlimited supply of natural gas. A
Denver-based technology firm is now continuing Clark's high-school
research. And someday soon, blind people around the world may be wearing
bracelets that issue GPS commands.
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Hi all,This is not Sendero, but I have seen gps-related posts and those "posters" are still on the list so I figured I would pass this along. The vibrating alert is a good idea, especially for deaf-blind users of even a bn or vs gps system.
Have a great day, Alex ---- Original Message ------ From: "BlindNews Mailing List" <BlindNews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxSubject: "Prototype for Autonomy: Pathway for the Blind" project wins top honors at Intel International Science and Engineering Fair
Date sent: Mon, 31 Dec 2007 15:56:59 -0500 Xinhua Net (China View), China Thursday, December 27, 2007"Prototype for Autonomy: Pathway for the Blind" project wins top honors at Intel International Science and Engineering Fair
Each year, 1,400 high-school students from more than 40 countries are invited to compete in the prestigious Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (Intel ISEF), the world's largest precollege science contest. The select group of young scientists is chosen from the several million students who compete in local and regional science fairs throughout the year. Participants compete for $3 million in scholarships and prizes, presenting projects in 15 categories like medicine, biochemistry, computer science and zoology. Earning top honors isn't the only goal for contestants. Nineteen percent (or 274) of the finalists at the 2005 competition held last month have already begun the process to patent their projects.
Ammem Abdulrasool, a senior at the Illinois Junior Academy of Science, won top honors at this year's Intel ISEF for his project, "Prototype for Autonomy: Pathway for the Blind." He walked away with $70,000 in prize money and a free trip to October's Nobel Prize ceremony. Abdulrasool developed technology that allows visually impaired individuals to navigate themselves from one location to another by using the Global Positioning System. Individuals wear a half-kilo Walkman-size device, a bracelet on each arm and a pair of earphones. After entering a starting and ending location into a personal digital assistant (PDA), they are guided with verbal commands that tell them when and in what direction to turn. Simultaneously, a bracelet vibrates signaling the correct direction. To test his device, Abdulrasool recruited 36 blind adults and asked them to visit five landmarks in his neighborhood. The navigational tool saved people an average of 26 minutes in travel time and reduced the number of errors (wrong turns and missed locations). "Looking at how hard it was for them to travel and how they were dependent on everyone else motivated me to do something," he said. Abdulrasool hopes are applying for a patent and then plan to market the product commercially.
In the fair's 56-year history, a number of projects have been implemented for commercial use. Michael Nyberg, a 2001 competitor, hoped to reduce the number of West Nile virus infections through acoustics. With a bucket of mosquito larvae and a sound generator, Nyberg discovered that a 24 kHz frequency resonated with the natural frequency of mosquitoes' internal organs: larvae that absorbed the acoustic energy would explode. His sound-emitting device, Larvasonic, is now sold online (www.larvasonic.com). Tiffany Clark, a 1999 competitor, found evidence that bacteria produced the methane gas found inside coal seams in Wyoming's Powder River Basin. This suggested that injecting nutrients into coal seams might provide an unlimited supply of natural gas. A Denver-based technology firm is now continuing Clark's high-school research. And someday soon, blind people around the world may be wearing bracelets that issue GPS commands.
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