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yeah, its totally going to be a great boon for visually impaired community, specially when these sensors can be made a bit smaller, and one problem is worked out, that is, in a crowd, it may go crazy, so this a lot of field tests away. 7 sensors only, is a great achievement. Also, they would have to work out how to make them waterproof, increase the range to avoid potholes on the road, and vibration setting adjustment.


Sounds like everything Googles automatic cars are working on. I bet a lot of that technology can be used for a system like this.




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