'Echolocation' Shoes Let Wearers Sense Obstacles From: Product Design & Development - 07/28/2016 Researchers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) are working on echolocation sneakers that could help visually impaired people navigate the world. The shoe, developed by graduate student Alison Gibson, contains three haptic motors that vibrate when they detect an obstacle in front of the person. Read the entire article at: https://www.pddnet.com/news/2016/07/echolocation-shoes-let-wearers-sense-obstacles Links: Avoiding stumbles, from spacewalks to sidewalks http://news.mit.edu/2016/vibrating-footwear-astronauts-visually-impaired-0722 Alison Gibson http://horc.engineering.asu.edu/HORC/People.html An Investigation of Foot Vibrotactile Perception for Use in Multi-modal Information Presentation https://mvl.mit.edu/news/mvl-seminar-alison-gibson-226-9am-33-116 Vibrating Footwear Supports Visually Impaired http://www.medicaldesignbriefs.com/component/content/article/1104-mdb/features/25311