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For many blind people, driving a car long has been considered impossible. But researchers hope the project could revolutionize mobility and challenge long-held assumptions about limitations.
A drunk person, a child, and a blind man get into a car. Who’s driving? Here's what the intersection of car-share programs and driverless cars could look like.
For many blind people, driving a car long has been considered impossible. But researchers hope the project could revolutionize mobility and challenge long-held assumptions about limitations.
Back in 2004, he had issued the Blind Driver Challenge as a way of reaching out to universities research institutions to produce a car suitable for blind people.
Google is showing off its self driving car as a solution for blind folks when there is no one to take them to an important errand.
A blind engineer works at a LiDAR company to bring sensors to self-driving cars so autonomous vehicles can help blind and other communities get around.
A Ford Escape poking along at 25 mph isn’t usually the most exciting event on the track at the Daytona International Speedway. Consider that the driver is blind, however, and that slow-moving ...
Three years ago, Virginia Tech accepted the NFB’s Blind Driver Challenge (BDC), in which engineering schools were invited to design non-visual interfaces that would allow blind people to drive.
20 blind people operated dune buggies designed by engineering students. Aug. 2, 2009— -- Thanks to a team of engineering students, several blind drivers had the chance to test-drive a new car ...
A newly developed driving interface may let blind people independently drive cars on the open road. Designed by engineers at Virginia Tech, the system incorporates various nonvisual cues into the ...
This is Steve. 95% of his vision is gone. He's blind. And he's behind the wheel of this car, travelling perfectly across his neighborhood. It's an amazing ...
It's a car so advanced, a blind person can drive it. Researchers at Virginia Tech have taken technology developed by the military and packed it onto a dune buggy that tells the driver exactly ...