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Wow. You can imagine a near future where this, a small wearable camera and an earphone could really make a big difference to a persons daily life. Screw Siri,

• Joeri 9y ago
  For years I've wanted a pair of glasses that overlays the world with captions, putting names and "you know them from" next to people, address numbers next to buildings, etc. Google glass made me hopeful, but it fizzled out.
• zepto 9y ago
  You mean in the future Siri might be able to do this stuff?
• jimmcslim 9y ago
  Apparently there is some research and development taking place into a cane that has a sonar or some similar sensor embedded into its tip, and transmits haptic feedback to the user via the handle. These assistive technologies are fantastic, but I wonder whether a vision-impaired person who has adapted to life before they were available would be weary about adopting them, on the basis that if it breaks or becomes unavailable that they would have maybe lost the skills and sharpness of other senses to compensate?