[gps-talkusers] Re: The mini guide
- From: "Steven Bingham" <steven.bingham1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2008 01:17:19 +0100
It works because it is not too ambitious. How much use you can make of it
depends very much on how much you want to use it.
It is useful for locating objects once you arrive in their vicinity. It can
be used for finding openings in walls and fences - it stops vibrating when
you find one. It is very much the sort of device that you have to point. You
can aim it at the ground a few feet ahead of you and you would find a hole
but at the same time you would probably walk into a nearby pole or hit
something at head height. Scanning with it does not really work unless you
do it really slowly.
There is a long cane that has similar locating potential but I am told that
you have to walk quite slowly with it to get the best out of it.
Steve
----- Original Message -----
From: "Scott Granados" <gsgranados@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, June 13, 2008 6:47 PM
Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: The mini guide
I remember these from years ago but wondered if anything existed today
that was similar. Obviously it didn't work that well else there would be
similar devices. This minny guide thing seems really interesting though.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve" <drum67-72@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, June 13, 2008 9:01 AM
Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: The mini guide
> 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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