[gps-talkusers] agenda for Mike May Manhattan sessions

The following is an agenda of potential topics to be covered during Mike May's session at the Warwick Hotel, Friday or Monday at 9 AM. The time spent on each item is up to the attendees. Please confirm your attendance if you haven't already done so.

BrailleNote GPS:
Showing of a brand new Sendero GPS video, 12 minutes.
Features of the latest version.
Overview of GPS for beginners including travel stories and strengths and weaknesses.
New highly sensitive GPS receivers.
Upcoming improvements in the next BrailleNote GPS release.

Other accessible GPS products:
Pros and cons of the Trekker and StreetTalk as well as the commercially available Wayfinder and Telenav cell phone GPS products.

Wayfinding Research:
Discussion of the collaborative project by Sendero and its five partner organizations including testing of the efficiency of using GPS versus without GPS, spatial presentation of information and verbal language announcements; mental imaging and cognitive load.

Emerging Wayfinding technologies:
More about accessible GPS on cell phones.
Indoor positioning technologies such as dead reckoning, Talking Lights, WiFi, Bluetooth, cell phone signals, television signals, reflective barcode tags, RFID-passive and active, Talking Signs, SnapTrack.

Mike May's new vision experience:
What has been the role of adaptive technology in compensating for lack of vision from the perspective of someone who was totally blind and now has low vision.
Is vision all it is cracked up to be?
What do we know about vision restoration research projects?

Friday, 9 AM, December 2.
Monday, 9 AM, December 5.
Warwick Hotel
65 W. 54th St. (at 6th Avenue)
212-247-2700
Mike May's cell, 530-304-0007


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