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Genre: Science & Technology
Date of upload: Jun 20, 2020 ^^
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Top Comments of this video!! :3
Father to a blind son 6yrs old, turned blind 1,5yrs ago. He âwatchesâ (listens) to his iPad regularly. Have been following your channel but this one I had missed, came up as a recommendation.
People like you (and your supporting wife) gives me and my family hope that with tech everything is possible! And to all of you saying that a cane still is better, no, not to a kid that also wants cool tech!
Thank you!
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My late father tried to do something similar to this 15 years ago. The final objective was to help blind people, but since he worked in aerospace, the first prototype was to have a warning system for astronauts so they could "see" on their backs with feedback through a vest. It never got past the part of cheking sensitivity, kinda like you do at 5:15... But yeah, it brings me memories.
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Dude, I sponsored several engineering student teams to do something similar to this 10 years ago. I stuck with an array of tactors (pancake motors) spaced 2-point-discrmination distance apart, and gave each tactor 3 bits of "depth" using PWM and current control. Note that a typical vibrotactile response scopes to only 8 JNDs (Just Notable Difference) so 3 bit depth just about covers what we can hapticly perceive. My initial designs were like yours, which morphed into a different form factor. According to my physiology research, I figured I could get a 64 tactor array. Not much but my form factor theoretically pushed the performance of that significantly. Sadly, this is one of my main back-burner projects that has not yet completed to a decent prototype stage. Sigh.
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