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Archive Home > 2009 > August > 01 > Driving blind still in early test stages

Driving blind still in early test stages

The amazing part is that a test even exists

By Daniel de Vise / The Bulletin
August 1, 2009

WASHINGTON " A voice rose above the chatter in the University of Maryland parking lot: "Blind man driving!"

Twenty blind people took turns piloting a car on this muggy Friday morning, the first public test of technology that might one day overcome barriers to putting the sightless....

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