Guidance devices for the blind
JUL 01, 1950
A blind person needs more than an aid that will work—he needs something he can use. This article surveys approaches and problems.
DOI: 10.1063/1.3066968
Freedom means many things. For the blind, one of its essential elements is independence of movement. Yet, despite the remarkable skills of some gifted individuals, the number of those who travel by themselves is only a small fraction of all the able‐bodied blind. Too often, blindness means staying at home.
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Franklin S. Cooper, Haskins Laboratories.
© 1950 American Institute of Physics
