[vicsireland] Irish student wins the overall award at the European Student Innovation of the Year finals
- From: "Gerry Ellis" <gerry.ellis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <vicsireland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2012 22:41:54 +0100
Hi, all,
Did you hear the interview this morning on Morning Ireland with Kieran
O'Callaghan of the Cork Institute of Technology? He is the first irish man
to win the very coveted European Student Innovation of the Year Award
outright for his device for visually impaired users. I understand from the
interview that the device detects obstacles and presents information to the
user by stimulating parts of the tongue. Fascinating!
He previously developed a tool to inform visually impaired swimmers where
they are in a swimming lane and when they are approaching the end of the
pool. As someone who is totally blind, I know from hard experience what it
is like to smack my hand against the end wall so that sounds like a great
idea as well.
See details at:
http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/history-made-as-irish-student-wins-euro
pean-innovation-award-188714.html
http://www.cit.ie/currentnews?id=350
Take care,
Gerry ellis
If you don't know where you're going,
How will you know when you get there?
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