An Autonomous, Self-Steering Robot Cane for the Blind - Neatorama

(Photo: Cang Ye/University of Arkansas at Little Rock)

This robotic cane is the future of navigational canes used by visually impaired people. Dr. Cang Ye, a roboticist at the University at Arkansas at Little Rock, led the engineering team that developed it.

The Co-Robotic Cane (CRC) has a camera and a laser detection and ranging system that detects objects in the user’s path. It warns the user through the earpiece. The roller tip on the end also moves toward a useful path, guiding the user in that direction. Dr. Ye says that the cane will prove to be a great advance in navigational aids for the visually impaired that is far beyond that which is currently available.

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I do not want to stay there.

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Amazing what can be done when there is not only no government regulation, but government encouragement...

Let's see if it ever gets used and if so, how soon it falls back down...

Been there... seen it happen...

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Storey

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I already went through that argument at mental_floss. The British spelling is storey. The American spelling is story.

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The Chinese version of the game "Jenga".

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At the haters who think that this building is going to fall down or crumble. If you watched the video carefully it said that the building is engineered to withstand magnitude 9 earthquakes. Get over yourselves and consider the innovation.

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If a building falls in a ghost city, does it make a sound?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbDeS_mXMnM

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If you slow down the video you can see a person falling from the building every few days. I wonder how many fatalities happened during the build.

In all seriousness the building was not built in 15 days. It was put together in 15 days. All the parts were build off site. It is just like prefab homes which can be put up in a day or two.

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@Miss Cellania -- I've experienced this argument, too.

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Dubai rushed all their buldings as well and that is why they can spend a billion dollars on a buildings and the roof leaks.

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