[gps-talkusers] Re: The mini guide
- From: "Steve" <drum67-72@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2008 12:01:56 -0400
They had the old Sonic glasses that did that, Scott. That was 70's
technology.
The glasses were heavy, and you had to wear a separate control module. I'm
sure now that could be made considerably smaller what with better integrated
circuits and denser construction, as well as better battery technoligy than
NiCads. The glasses had three transducers arranged in a triangular pattern;
with the bottom one being the transmitter, and the two upper ones canted
slightly outward to give you a stereoscopic view of your surroundings.
Steve
Lansing, Mi
----- Original Message -----
From: "Scott Granados" <gsgranados@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, June 13, 2008 9:05 AM
Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: The mini guide
I wish you could mount that on glasses! Have them either vibrate or beep in
your ear. Leave the hands out of it!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Alex Hall" <mehgcap@xxxxxxx>
To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2008 6:44 PM
Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: The mini guide
> Question: how can you operate a cane/dog, gps/bn, and mini guide all at
> the same time? I had a hard enough time with just the cane and mini guide,
> but I was amazed when I had an opportunity to use the mini guide (a device
> like it anyway). I avoided countless collisions with people in a very
> crowded school that my cane would not have picked up because of how short
> I have to hold the cane in those crowds. I have just not had the money to
> get a mini guide, plus I have found my cane to be quite sufficient...
> until I run into something (figuratively and literally) where I realize
> that one of those magic Milky Way bars (as another poster put it) would
> have been quite handy.
> Also, for those interested, the device sends out an ultrasonic beam from
> one of the two front ports. The other port senses the reflection of that
> beam and sends the strength of the reflection to a processor which tells
> the vibrating motor how fast to go (in my case it used pulses; the closer
> together the pulses were, the closer the object).
>
> Have a great day,
> Alex
>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>>From: Wendy Slominsky <wendyslominsky@xxxxxxxxxxx
>>To: "gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>Date sent: Thu, 12 Jun 2008 18:57:52 -0400
>>Subject: [gps-talkusers] The mini guide
>
>>This is what I use as well. The GPS can only be as accurate as
> is
>>humanly possible and it will not help you find anything that
>>specifically. The mini guide has saved me many times trying to
> find
>>poles, benches etc.
>>It's thankfully not too expensive. www.senderogroup.com
>>Good luck!
>
>
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