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We can already imagine just what you're thinking -- the blind have no place behind the wheel, right? As it turns out, though, cars can steer themselves these days, so there technically no reason why (save a few laws) a computer-assisted blind person couldn't drive. Virginia Tech successfully tested a laser-guided dirt buggy last year (see above), and teaming with the Nationa...
l Federation of the Blind this week, it intends to demonstrate a full-size augmented SUV next year. In January 2011, the Daytona racetrack will play host to a heavily customized Ford Escape, filled with "nonvisual interfaces" like a vibrating vest and gloves, a steering wheel that provides audio cues on when to turn, and a device called AirPix that fires blasts of compressed air at a driver's face. Even with all those gizmos, we understand if you still might not want your neighbors barreling down the street, but let's face it -- plenty of us sighted folks are just as visually impaired. Video and full press release after the break.
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