[real-eyes] new app for finding zeebra stripes crossings. and handy hams chalange.
- From: "jose" <crunch1@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "real eyes list" <real-eyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2011 08:55:31 -0500
Hi just got my weekly handy hams news letter just passing along 2 things
we might find of interest on the list.
We are headed into our end-of-summer good read, but first...
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Mike, KJ6CBW, writes:
Maybe an ATOM would be useful for
Zebra crossing app
Hey, maybe Twitter is good for something after all! I checked my Twitter
feed and saw a post by New Scientist magazine that reported a new iPhone app
designed to use the VoiceOver® screenreading in the iPhone in conjunction
with the built-in camera to recognize "zebra crossings". The idea is to
help blind pedestrians find safe places to cross the street. Now, because I
have already reminded myself earlier in this edition about assuming that our
readers and listeners know what I'm talking about, I'd better explain that a
"zebra crossing" is not a place for wildlife (actual zebras) to cross the
road. It is a crosswalk painted in horizontal stripes that run parallel to
the roadway. The white stripes stand out on the black pavement, hence the
name "zebra crossing". Anyway, the zebra crossing app recognizes these
distinctive striped crossings and can alert the blind iPhone user to the
location of the crosswalk. Zebra crossings are not used everywhere, but
they are quite common in many parts of the world. You can read the New
Scientist article on line and decide for yourself if you want to check out
the app:
http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/onepercent/2011/09/zebra-crossing-app.html
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