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From: way@stimpy.eecis.udel.edu (Thomas Way)
Newsgroups: alt.comp.blind-users
Subject: Low-tech Haptic Device
Date: 29 Aug 1995 13:29:16 GMT
Organization: University of Delaware, Newark
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My research concerns computer-based haptic graphing of
data so that what normally would be a complex graph of
a function, for example, could be actively explored in
3 dimensions by a person who is low-vision or blind.
Any thoughts you might have concerning this idea would
be greatly appreciated.
A related question, and really just something I have
been wondering about, is the use of a cane by blind
persons. If you rely on a cane, how good is your
sense of what is around you based on the feedback you
receive using the cane? Is it merely a helpful tool,
or do you find that it really gives you an excellent
extension of your senses?
Thanks very much,
Tom Way
way@asel.udel.edu
Applied Science & Engineering Labs
University of Delaware
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