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From: "Leon Gilbert" <BlindNews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Blind News Mailing List" <BlindNews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, November 19, 2004 8:40 AM
Subject: BlindNews: Bat shoes help blind 'see'


> Ananova - England,UK
> Friday, November 19, 2004
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> Bat shoes help blind 'see'
>
> A Czech man has invented special vibrating shoes to help blind people
'see' with their feet.
>
> Antonin Kaspara's shoe has a special device in its sole that sends out a
beam of infrared light.
>
> A sensor picks up any light reflected back off potential obstacles and
activates a device to make the sole vibrate to warn the walker.
>
> He said: "It works like a bat's sonar except it uses light beams to detect
rather than sound, and is really effective."
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> Mr Kaspara, from Hluk, said the shoe, which runs on a battery which needs
replacing every day, can be produced using simple materials for £11.
>
> Kaspara, who has had the shoes patented, said: "It could be on the market
by next year."
>
> Viktor Dudr, of the United Organisation for the Blind and
Partially-Sighted in the Czech Republic, said Mr Kaspara had surpassed the
efforts of British scientists with millions of pounds at their disposal.
>
> "The blind can currently use some devices which alert them when there's an
obstacle but to be able to register the signal, they must wear headphones
and that's a handicap because hearing is extremely important for the blind,"
he said.
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http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_1181780.html?menu=news.scienceanddiscovery
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