Smart cane to help blind navigate From: CNET - 08/04/2009 By: Lance Whitney A new "smart" cane developed by students at Central Michigan University may be just the first step in helping blind people more easily get around by themselves. The Smart Cane uses Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) to detect obstacles and alert the user on where and how to navigate while walking. Read the entire article at: http://news.cnet.com/8300-27083_3-247-18.html Links: Smart Cane gives a new direction (video) http://www.cmich.edu/CMU_Media_Channel_Home/Smart_Cane_.htm http://www.facebook.com/notes/central-michigan-university/smart-cane-gives-a-new-direction/382419910696 Kumar Yelamarthi http://www.et.cmich.edu/faculty/yelamarthi.shtml http://www.tiresias.org/research/researchers/yelamarthi.htm Smart cane for the blind using RFID http://www.tiresias.org/research/researchers/projects/navigation/smartcane.htm The Smart Cane: An Electrical Engineering Design Project http://claymore.engineer.gvsu.edu/ocs/index.php/aseencs2009/aseencs2009/paper/viewFile/66/41