VA investigators at Walter Reed
From: VA Research Currents - 06/2006 - page 3

Bruce Blasch, PhD, of the Atlanta VA Medical Center, seen here demonstrating
an electronic cane, was among several VA researchers featured in recent
workshops on sensory impairment and adaptive technology at Walter Reed Army
Medical Center. The events were sponsored, in part, by VA’s Pittsburgh-based
Human Engineering Research Laboratories. 

From:
http://www.research.va.gov/resources/pubs/docs/va_research_currents_June_06.pdf

Links:
Low Vision and Blindness
http://www.vard.org/jour/99/36/4/gsted364.htm

Advanced computer model of orientation and mobility used by visually impaired
   individuals 
http://www.vard.org/va/02/htm/blasch1.htm

Bruce Blasch - Background and Biography
http://www1.wayfinding.net/iibnNECbrucebio.htm

UltraCane
http://www.soundforesight.co.uk/Training%20home.htm

Current and recent non-medical research for blind and partially sighted people 
http://www.tiresias.org/research/cr1_b.htm#top

Human Engineering Research Laboratories
http://www.herlpitt.org/bobby/default.htm

Remote Controlled Retractable Cane for the Visually Impaired
http://www.herlpitt.org/Grants_Projects_Abstracts/Training_Cane.htm