Feeling the way: Robotic device can help visually impaired people
Monday, November 23, 2009 - 17:35
in Mathematics & Economics
(PhysOrg.com) -- For many people, it has become routine to go online to check out a map before traveling to a new place. But for blind people, Google maps and other visual mapping applications are of little use. Now, a unique device developed at MIT could give the visually impaired the same kind of benefit that sighted people get from online maps.