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This idea reminded me of this VERY old story: https://www.wired.com/2007/04/esp/ https://www.wired.com/2007/04/esp/ It's about a guy who made a belt to always

This idea reminded me of this VERY old story: https://www.wired.com/2007/04/esp/ https://www.wired.com/2007/04/esp/ It's about a guy who made a belt to always vibrate in the direction of true north. Notably: > I suddenly realized that my perception had shifted. I had some kind of internal map of the city in my head. I could always find my way home. Eventually, I felt I couldn't get lost, even in a completely new place. So there does seem to be some kind of benefit to adding new senses whether through internal or external modification.

mlang23 8y ago
As a blind guy, I find this idea quite interesting. An extra sense of direction could indeed be useful. However, north alone isn't much. A system that encodes obstacles as vibrations would be nice. Indeed, such systems are already sold commercially for the blind, however, most that I checked out didn't really perform well in the real world.
- sdrothrock 8y ago
  The most recent version of the system in that article seems to have enabled navigation and pathfinding as well. But the vibrations are being used as a positive indicator (go there) rather than negative (don't go there).
- kaybe 8y ago
  Here is are instructions and code for a free version: http://grathio.com/2011/08/meet-the-tacit-project-its-sonar-for-the-blind/ http://grathio.com/2011/08/meet-the-tacit-project-its-sonar-...
- TheFattestNinja 8y ago
  Hey, I'm interested in these blind-navigational systems. Can you give me some references / brand info?
  - mlang23 8y ago
    I am too lazy to look up URLs for you, but here are the keywords/product names you need: UltraCane, LaserCane, BuzzClip, Sunu Band