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Look at the picture. When the man moves his joystick to the left, the helmet on the girl's head pulls her left ear, signally that she should go left. When he moves his joystick to the right, the opposite occurs.
Thomas Ricker of Engadget speculates about the most obvious application for this device from Kajimoto Laboratory: a navigation aid for the blind. With a GPS system added, it could be used to give the visually impaired greater independence.
Four years ago, Alex wrote about a similar gadget.
Link (Google Translator version) via Engadget
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Oh yeah, that goofy helmet & ear pulling's MUCH better than just having a little iPhone sized device or bluetooth headset that uses a voice to say "go left"...
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This is old news: marriage has been part of human culture for thousands of years!
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