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A Navigation System for the Blind

AIR DATE: June 14, 2012
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Two UNR scientists have created a system that helps the blind navigate through buildings.  How does it work?  And what other applications does it have?  A Dutch scientist tells how us how robotics, Second Life, and a cell phone can make it all possible.

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Eelke Folmer, Assoc Prof of Engineering, UNR


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