Students dream up tech for health care

Iria · Jun 28, 2006, 11:38 PM

Source: News.com
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Inspired by his blind grandfather, Ivan Cordeiro Cardim has been working to develop a better way for the visually impaired to find their way through unfamiliar surroundings.

His system, developed over the past eight months with a small team of fellow Brazilian college students, combines GPS technology with a set of wristbands to alert the user when it is time to turn.

"It works like a map for blind people," Cardim said in a telephone interview. "Through vibrating wristbands, they are given directions."

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Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 89	Students dream up tech for health care Source: News.com ___________ Inspired by his blind grandfather, Ivan Cordeiro Cardim has been working to develop a better way for the visually impaired to find their way through unfamiliar surroundings. His system, developed over the past eight months with a small team of fellow Brazilian college students, combines GPS technology with a set of wristbands to alert the user when it is time to turn. "It works like a map for blind people," Cardim said in a telephone interview. "Through vibrating wristbands, they are given directions."