Spectacles for the blind is a simplified name for visually-impaired and blind people, devised by Pavel Kurbatsky, a Bauman Moscow Technological University student from Armavir. This electronic navigational complex consists of glasses with in-built mini loud speakers as well as a special walking stick invented developed by Kurbatsky before. This device enables a handicapped person to detect obstacles on his way and move uninhibited inside buildings and even outdoors by using infrared sensors providing with information on the surroundings.
- Categories: Science & Technology
- Location: Moscow, Russia
- Event date: 26.11.2013
- Date published: 30.01.2014
- Author: Aleksandr Utkin
- Source: Sputnik
- Credit: Sputnik
- Original: Digital
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