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<P>Wired.com News<BR>Monday, September 24, 2007<BR><BR>Design Student Creates
Innovative Guiding Cane For Blind<BR>By Jose Fermoso<BR><BR>September 24, 2007 |
5:38:30 PM<BR><BR>Are seeing eye dogs about to be replaced by the inventive new
design of a<BR>student from Germany? If the Internation Design Excellence Awards
are any<BR>indication<BR>of the aid-gadget future, this might prove to be true,
but not without some<BR>howling from our furry friends. Sebastian Ritzler, of
the Muthesius Academy<BR>of Art and Design in Kiel, Germany, created an
interactive guiding system<BR>for the blind called Mygo that comes in the form
of a cool, rolling white<BR>cane.<BR>Some would go so far as to call the design
'flashy pimptastic.'<BR><BR>The cane is supposed to be tough, height-adjustable
for men and women, and<BR>waterproof. But here's the best part: It includes a
system with a smart<BR>sensor<BR>and camera combo that can measure the ground
area accurately in real time<BR>and pushes auditory feedback to a headset. In
addition, the mini wheel at<BR>the<BR>tip of the cane has a hub motor that
provides intuitive feedback through the<BR>grip, doubling as a steering engine
that can last about 6 hours on a<BR>lithium-ion<BR>battery.<BR><BR>All this
would give people an excellent maneuvering system, especially<BR>during
difficult weather. So this one could replace the regular old cane<BR>that
a<BR>few blind people use, but can it move into the seeing eye
canine's<BR>territory? There are many reasons why the cane couldn't fully
replace the<BR>dogs but there's<BR>a really important one: Mainly, the cane
won't hug you back or lick you<BR>silly. The positive social affect of a kind
service dog is likely way too<BR>important<BR>in the lives of many in the blind
community.<BR><BR>While the device has not yet gone to production, the creator
is looking at<BR>an affordable option - one estimate thrown around is about 150
Euros (about<BR>$200). The IDEA site lists a super -cheap option of about 15
Euros, but for<BR>the technology this item's going to be packing, that's
probably a bit<BR>unrealistic.<BR><BR>LINK: Here's the item page from the
Business Week article detailing the<BR>Mygo.<BR><A
href="http://www.idsa.org/IDEA2007/gallery/award_details.asp?id=66&cat=12">http://www.idsa.<WBR>org/IDEA2007/<WBR>gallery/award_<WBR>details.asp?<WBR>id=66&cat=<WBR>12</A><BR><BR>(Source)<BR><BR><A
href="http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2007/09/design-student-.html">http://blog.<WBR>wired.com/<WBR>gadgets/2007/<WBR>09/design-<WBR>student-.<WBR>html</A><BR><BR></P></DIV><!--~-|**|PrettyHtmlStart|**|-~--><SPAN
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