Robot Dog Reads To The Blind
Writing by Conner Flynn on Tuesday, 22 of January , 2008 at 6:29 pm
The blind have been using seeing eye dogs for a long time. In fact, the relationship between man and dog has worked out very well for those with handicaps. Some dogs even help paralyzed humans do all kinds of things around the house. So it was only a matter of time before robot dogs start showing up to help ease the workload of their flesh and blood counterparts. After all, no matter how useful a dog is to a handicapped owner, there are some things it just can’t do.
When was the last time a seeing eye dog read a book to it’s blind owner, for instance? RED the robotic dog, an acronym for Reading Eye Dog, does just that for the blind and reading impaired. Just hold a book up for RED to see and it’ll read the words on the page out loud so the person or persons can hear. Plus, the screen on the back of the dog allows viewers to follow along as RED reads, visually matching the highlighted words with RED’s voice.
It’s a concept for the moment, but is a great replacement for the audiobook, and would be a great addition to the classroom.
[Onomy] VIA [Red Ferret]
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Comment by miguel
Made Sunday, 11 of January , 2009 at 9:41 pm
My sister has lost the vision to the left eye and the right eye is 90% gone due to a dissese: Lupus.
It is true that robotic eye implant can increase the vision?