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Allison Maurer Believing is Seeing

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Blind Man Drives CarNFB, 01 Feb. 2011

“successfully navigated 1.5 miles of the road course section … dodging obstacles, some stationary some thrown…”

“laser range-finding sensors … constantly update a three dimensional map of the road environment.”



- Autonomous vehicles with location-awareness



Can the blind drive cars?Associated Press, 02 July 2010

“vehicle [equipped] with technology that helps a blind person drive a car independently”

“moving away from the theory that blindness ends the capacity of human beings to make contributions to society”



Blind Driver ChallengeABQJournal video, 02 July 2010

Can this new freedom become a reality?



Blind Driver Hits the TrackCollegiate Times, 07 Feb. 2011

Virginia Tech made history showing off the first car for the blind



By implementing the sense of touch…



can drivers steer down the road ahead?



What is community?



A gated or exclusive place full of people with shared goals

www.theglueproject.com



Active participation, collaboration and codependency




Think of community as a chain



The weakest link will break the community



Have/create an identity; believe and belong




Connect with people who support the cause



Formulate a product or service based on location-aware vehicles

programmed to drive themselves.



-Design too big-Font too small



-Design detracts from name



Community of Aware VehiclesCommunity of Aware Vehicles

-Good balance of design and text-Descriptive tag-line



Blindfolded Bumper Cars!

And learn how location aware vehicles can help us prevent accidents

Join the FUN



Obstacle course challenge; men vs. machine

Who will finish first?



Who is the better driver? Come debate

Should robots be given a license? ?



Value to me Value to users Value to societyValue to

environmentValue to business

I can learn new things

Share my ideas and

knowledge of subject

Reach out to others more

efficiently

Give inside perspective

Communicate opinions

Find others with similar ideas and

interests

Level the playing-field

Improve equality

Can help those with difficulty

getting around

Lower emissions with

electric cars

Greener options can

evolve from it

Create environmental

awareness

Develop safer technology

Take this new idea and

formulate it to good causes

Be the first to move the

world forward

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