A number of Oxford University scientists are developing a smart eyewear devices, which could help hundreds of thousands of blind people back to 'see'.
This sophisticated glasses will use tiny cameras and pocket computers to warn the wearer if any person or other objects in front of him. These glasses are expected to facilitate people with visual impairments, as exploring the shopping mall or a busy railway station.
Not only that, these glasses can even help them 'read' bus numbers and the numbers listed at the ATM machine. Broadly speaking, these glasses will be equipped with a number of light-emitting diode (LED) small in the lens, as well as some camera the size of a pinhead at the end of the frame. The cameras will capture the information covered by the eye of the user and sends it to the pocket-sized mobile computer, which was in shirt pockets of users.
The computer will then process the information and simplify it into a certain pattern. LED lights on the lens will fit the form of the pattern, so they can notify the user about the objects in front of him.
The plan, these glasses will be marketed in early 2014, if the trials succeed. This powerful but lightweight glasses, presumably would be sold at a price of less than 1,000 pounds (1,610 U.S. dollars).
Dr. Stephen Hicks, one of the scientists involved in this project reveals, "It is very satisfying if we could produce these glasses with prices tend to affordable and can be enjoyed by those who really need it." Hicks plans to test a small laboratory to about 120 blind people, who will wear it for about two years. *** [DAILYMAIL | JAM | PIKIRAN RAKYAT 21072011]
This sophisticated glasses will use tiny cameras and pocket computers to warn the wearer if any person or other objects in front of him. These glasses are expected to facilitate people with visual impairments, as exploring the shopping mall or a busy railway station.Not only that, these glasses can even help them 'read' bus numbers and the numbers listed at the ATM machine. Broadly speaking, these glasses will be equipped with a number of light-emitting diode (LED) small in the lens, as well as some camera the size of a pinhead at the end of the frame. The cameras will capture the information covered by the eye of the user and sends it to the pocket-sized mobile computer, which was in shirt pockets of users.
The computer will then process the information and simplify it into a certain pattern. LED lights on the lens will fit the form of the pattern, so they can notify the user about the objects in front of him.The plan, these glasses will be marketed in early 2014, if the trials succeed. This powerful but lightweight glasses, presumably would be sold at a price of less than 1,000 pounds (1,610 U.S. dollars).
Dr. Stephen Hicks, one of the scientists involved in this project reveals, "It is very satisfying if we could produce these glasses with prices tend to affordable and can be enjoyed by those who really need it." Hicks plans to test a small laboratory to about 120 blind people, who will wear it for about two years. *** [DAILYMAIL | JAM | PIKIRAN RAKYAT 21072011]
