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Imagine if instead of swinging a white cane, a visually impaired person could wear clothing that senses things in the environment and relays that information through touch.


That's the dream of a team of scientists and engineers at a company called Tactile Navigation Tools, which is developing a vest embedded with sensors that can detect objects or people nearby and convert the signals into vibrations felt by the body.



The device, known as Eyeronman, was on display Nov. 6-8 at the New York Festival of Light, an event that featured lighting art installations in Brooklyn's Dumbo neighborhood Read more...


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