A blind man uses Skype video to let somebody guide him while he sails, rides a bike, ect!
it’s really ipressive and the below video even contains several demonstrations including a life one!
Source of this info: Skype Watch blog.
The original post can be found on Skype’s US blog (Part 1 / Part 2).
Quoting from Skype’s blog:
“He notes that Gallagher’s system is a “seemingly simple, yet brilliantly clever remote guidance system. Ed mounts a web-camera to a strap around his forehead, and the camera wirelessly transmits the live video over the Internet using free software called Skype. Ed’s friends take turns acting as his guide. Both wear microphones and earpieces, and talk back and forth as the guide tells Ed what he’s ‘seeing.’ He’s testing the barriers, and regularly uses it to sail, but also tries shopping, cross country skiing and even biking in Golden Gate Park.”“
Very cool!
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