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NIH-funded modern “white cane” brings navigation assistance to the 21st century
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NIH-funded modern “white cane” brings navigation assistance to the 21st century

NIH/NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE IMAGE: STUDY AUTHOR LINGQIU JIN TESTS THE ROBOTIC CANE. CREDIT: IMAGE COURTESY OF CANG YE, VCU Equipped with a color 3D camera, an inertial measurement sensor, and its own on-board computer, a newly improved robotic cane could offer blind and visually impaired users a new way to navigate indoors. When paired with...