Students Develop Device to Help Blind Maneuver From: Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (Israel) - 06/03/2010 Ben-Gurion University of the Negev students recently demonstrated projects in the fields of electrical circuits and supply, microelectronics, control, communications, signal processing, computers, electro-magnetic, and electro-optics. One project involved an innovative optical radar system that acts as an assistive device for the blind. The system scans the depths of its surroundings and provides an audible alert to warn the blind of an obstacle in their path. The radar system scans its surroundings from two different angles. Elad Kuperberg and Einav Tasa, working under the supervision of professor Shlomi Arnon, incorporated a computer, two video cameras, and a scanning light source into the radar system. "This optical radar device is not only user friendly, but unlike the other solutions, it allows the blind to have the use of both of their hands," Arnon says. Read the entire article at: http://www.physorg.com/news194802698.html http://www.aabgu.org/media-center/news-releases/engineering-students-develop-device-1.html Link: Shlomi Arnon http://www.ee.bgu.ac.il/~shlomi/