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Date: | Wed, 26 Jun 2002 15:27:21 -0500 |
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Does anyone out there know whether the Neurion Laser Cane, Mowat Sensor, or, Sonic Guide are still being
manufactured and marketed--and if so, by whom?
W. Nick Dotson
On Wed, 26 Jun 2002 16:00:41 -0400, joe j lazzaro wrote:
>I'm sure the cost was a factor. A white cane costs only a fraction of the
>Mowat sensor.
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>Joseph J. Lazzaro
>HTTP://JoeLazzaro.Com
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>On Wed, 26 Jun 2002, David Andrews wrote:
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>> Maybe those technologies weren't adopted because they were to expensive,
>> didn't offer clear enough benefits, or both?
>>
>> At 09:01 AM 6/26/2002 -0400, you wrote:
>> >when you consider the fact that mobility instructors did not adopt such
>> >technologies as the sonic flashlight (mowat sensor) I don't have a lot of
>> >confidence on that score. But that's why we have to try to change the
>> >system. After all, the system consists of just people.
>> >
>> >----- Original Message -----
>> >From: "Peter Meijer" <[log in to unmask]>
>> >To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> >Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2002 4:54 AM
>> >Subject: Re: CBS Artificial Vision Story
>> >
>> >
>> > > Joe notes
>> > >
>> > > > It is my sincere belief that agencies for the blind need to get up to
>> > > speed
>> > > > with this new technology in order to train consumers how to use it
>> > > safely.
>> > >
>> > > How probable is it that agencies for the blind will do this?
>> > >
>> > > Best wishes,
>> > >
>> > > Peter Meijer
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > Seeing with Sound - The vOICe
>> > > http://www.seeingwithsound.com/winvoice.htm
>>
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