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What if you built glasses with the technology that went into gloves that would tell the hands what to do, and instead of pines you could use vibrations or harmless electric shock in the palm.
@@StuffMadeHere you can still edit it and gimme credits ;) jk. Love your stuff by the way, not often that we see so much effort put into vids on youtube anymore
Father to a blind son 6yrs old, turned blind 1,5yrs ago. He “watches” (listens) to his iPad regularly. Have been following your channel but this one I had missed, came up as a recommendation. People like you (and your supporting wife) gives me and my family hope that with tech everything is possible! And to all of you saying that a cane still is better, no, not to a kid that also wants cool tech! Thank you!
The "cool tech" is still objectively worse though and puts the user in danger. Laser and sonic canes like this have been around since the 80's but they quit making them because there was no way to make it safe enough for independent travel so the user would need someone with them for safety. I've used one before and it was impossible to detect the end of ramps or driveway seams because the laser and the tactile rotor simply can't convey that minute level of detail that a white cane gives through tactile and auditory information. Not to mention that you have to be intently focused on the cane at all times since it can't stop you from running into things so you have to focus and rely on your reflexes whereas with the white cane you can comfortably walk like any sighty if your trained. It's just not safe, especially for a child, that's why nobody uses them.
@@Casper-Ghost I understand where you are coming from, though I think that just because something couldn’t work in the past doesn’t mean it can’t work now. The technology has improved a lot. Especially if it’s designed with input from the people who will actually be using it, unlike the device in this video, which is more of a proof of concept. For example, the way I would change this device based on what you said is to make it a glove for your non-dominant hand (other options are a vest, bracelet, or even a phone case, as is suggested in the video) so that it could be used in conjunction with a cane. The idea being that you get the best of both worlds, the device can give you some idea of what is up ahead and you could use the cane to maneuver through it more precisely. The real question about the value of the device in my opinion is cost, especially if it has to have its own LIDAR. The cost will come down eventually but there may be other options by the time it does.
@@harryf9885after getting lasik surgery I am pretty convinced that any medical devices or procedures shown in science fiction will someday be available
Yeah I feel bad for you, I’ve created far more helpful things. I’ve also created this, but he thought of this and patented this 2 years after I made it
Agent Smith • 2 years ago • edited I know, but I had to assume he’s older because WTF. The amount of machinery and tools this guy has is WAY more than any 22 yrold would have. Plus he’s married 🤷🏼♂️😂
The fact he can engineer these things including not only design but also fabrication, software development, AND video editing in anywhere close to 100 hours is mind boggling.
My late father tried to do something similar to this 15 years ago. The final objective was to help blind people, but since he worked in aerospace, the first prototype was to have a warning system for astronauts so they could "see" on their backs with feedback through a vest. It never got past the part of cheking sensitivity, kinda like you do at 5:15... But yeah, it brings me memories.
Hey, as an engineering student, your workshop and ideas are really cool to me! I think it’d be nice if you had a video walking through your shop/tools, explaining what they’re for and how you went about building such an impressive shop! And, it could be a nice low-effort bit of content in-between more difficult projects. Just an idea!
Yeah! This is super inspiring to see someone invest in their own workshop and start using it for such interesting projects. I would actually be really curious to know what each bit of kit does, and why it's in his workshop!
Yeah I'd be really interested in how he came to own each bit of kit, like what the justification was for buying it at the time. Part of owning all this stuff is being able to either make money from it or justify it for your hobby and I don't see how you can own a multi axis CNC without a really good reason. Everyone wants one but even if I had $15000 I don't think I could convince myself
When I was a kid and I heard the word "engineer", I would picture a person like this. But in my life, I haven't come across such an all-round engineer like this.
Probably because he's basically like the protagonist in a kid's show. In this episode his wife has become blindfolded. He comically overcomes hurdles to develop a device that will allow her to see again but in the meantime she comes up with her own solution.
he should take it apart and fit it into glasses the person can wear. much more practical for a blind person than carrying a giant ipad everywhere they go and also less reason for it to get stolen.
@@smurfx i dont see how a glasses gonna work. i get it a small form factor but having it on your head where you wont feel that much push motion coming from the glasses. please explain to me how it gonna work
Hey I’m an Engineering graduate and I struggle with the basics. Not all schools offer the same quality of education. My school had a few courses that was questionable as if they just added a random course to fill out the curriculum. Also, education decades ago was way more detailed. As time goes by schools begin teaching only the latest technology and don’t teach the technology they derived from. Schools only teach how to use tech not create tech.
Which is why its a prototype, and is done on a low budget with on hand items, which is why he pointed out that he wants to find better actuators for more precise control, now, you go try and do something productive rather than dissing on somebody for something you couldn't do
@Anonymous Oh absolutely. There are many people who have access to resources and opportunities but don't use them. However the most important resources that you need is time and dedication. Some people don't have time because they already have other duties.
Dude, I sponsored several engineering student teams to do something similar to this 10 years ago. I stuck with an array of tactors (pancake motors) spaced 2-point-discrmination distance apart, and gave each tactor 3 bits of "depth" using PWM and current control. Note that a typical vibrotactile response scopes to only 8 JNDs (Just Notable Difference) so 3 bit depth just about covers what we can hapticly perceive. My initial designs were like yours, which morphed into a different form factor. According to my physiology research, I figured I could get a 64 tactor array. Not much but my form factor theoretically pushed the performance of that significantly. Sadly, this is one of my main back-burner projects that has not yet completed to a decent prototype stage. Sigh.
Michael still does cool stuff, but the end goal is activating a taser. Besides, he doesnt explain much of the process of creation or the tools he uses.
Rexus King his current style of videos are highly inspired by “Mark Rober” Although he kind of makes even mark look like an amateur. This dudes early videos where straight up “This old Tony” knockoffs, so if you liked their style, go check him out too. He seems to be kind of developing into a hybrid of these 2 channels, primarily. If you watch those 2 channels you’ll see very quickly his influences. He also is vaguely similar to “Micheal Reeves” and “William Osman”. Although he’s far more competent and serious than them.
@@WrexShepard I already subbed to all four of the channels you mentioned! They all have different styles and tones. I think what Mark's doing that stands out from the rest, is his content can be more easily digested by children. (I think, not a child anymore)
thats why you go with acupuncture on the side. leave you on pins and needles.... idk maybe i should have sharpened the puncture line, comes across a bit dull.
@@greenherooftheinterwebz7078 next time try the penguin, pull there pants down round the ankles and give them one off the wrist, just as the happy ending is about to happen, walk away, but be careful of the angery pirate,
@@not-himx5593 ...bro, what kinda massage training did you have? Sounds like you're revealing ancient techniques that've been passed down in your family for generations
Thank you for considering a project like this! I will say that for me personally I think for something like this to be useful it would need to have several rounds of use and commentary by both visually impaired and blind people. What a sighted person (or even a sighted person wearing a blindfold) thinks will be the most helpful information is often not the same as what a visually impaired or blind person will think is the most useful. None of this is to criticize your idea or execution, this is truly amazing, rather I just want to educate people on the reality of building and designing things for disabled people when you’re not someone in that group. Keep up the great work!
I'd love to see you keep working on this and seeing how far and advanced you can take this, because this can be absolutely groundbreaking for the blind community.
This really isn't groundbreaking at all and is about 8 years behind Google's own project. The reason the tech has never taken off in the blindness community is because simply using a long white cane properly is far safer and more efficient without any battery usage or other tech dependency issues. Something like this would never be useful for chaotic environments like malls, airports, or festivals and would still require considerable training with a cane as well.
@@Casper-Ghost You know that a cane is tech? tech is not synonimous with "computerized thing". Language is tech, agriculture is tech, a hat is tech, and this is also tech. There is no difference between being dependen on one tech or another, and this tech could perfectly be integrated in a regular cane and bum you have both tech so if one fails you have a backup and are less dependent on one tech in specific.
@@yianni3251 they definitely have different target audience Mark Rober is basically what you get if your bored uncle was a rocket engineer and just want to do random stuff This guy is like a capable product designer that has too unconventional of a design for the marketing department to accept so he just market it by himself
You should combine the tactile feedback into a walking stick. This idea is good for big objects but people can easily trip over curbs or small objects and bumps on the road. Blind people will still want a walking stick to sweep, it'd be good if they had a further "sight" to improve distance.
I subbed like a week ago after his stuff got on my recommended. Pardon my profanity, but holy h*ck this guy can change the world. He explains everything in depth but keeps it concise so it’s easier to understand. This is now one of the few channels I genuinely am excited to see what he has coming next.
@@MarkusHobelsberger eh... yes and no. The construction of his giant flask for the elephant's toothpaste was grossly disappointing it was a pressure vessel made of timber for god's sake.
Sir. please make this product a reality. someone PLEASE give this man some money! and a team. People NEED this! God bless you man! May your creativity and good heart soar! Gid bless your family as well!
DUDE! This has to be one of the best channels on youtube ALREADY! Editing is on point, the projects are interesting and unique, you're a great teacher and it all adds up to create a fantastic viewing experience. Thanks for putting so much work into your videos!
This man is so intelligent and I feel like he’s one day gonna make a huge change in the world and I love it so much thank you for focusing on the future man. This gives me hope.
Is this a joke or are you actually blind? the latter is impressive to see you're able to go around the internet with what seems to be relative profficienty
@@shirothefish9688 Don't know answer to that, but about going trough internet: have u heard about Voice Feedback and Text to Speech - programmes? I think nowadays every smartphone and computer has these, so using internet is not a problem.
"So I've been thinking a lot about guided missiles" *quickly checks to make sure I am subscribed and have the bell on* Holy hell this guy is brilliant!
Guided missiles are actually trivial (relatively) at present with off the shelf RC parts and hobby rocket motors. The problem is there is strongly enforced federal legislation against putting any sort of guidance on a rocket in the US.
build time I’m just making a joke at the fact that it wouldn’t give a response at the edge of a cliff because there is nothing to detect. And yeah I agree this is both cool and should be looked into more
I could imagine that later versions including a pointer for overhead obstacles would also be able to detect whats below you, and just give you a permanent push at the lower end as long as theres floor ahead of you.
Hilarious comment 😂 I hate to argue cause I know you’re only joking but he did mention the top down view which could get over the cliff problem if it could sense the depth of a fall and distinguish the difference between say a curb and a 100ft fall lol
Eh, I'd argue the access for people to build anything has been diminishing as technology progresses. It requires increasingly specific (and expensive) machinery to make things compared to say the middle ages where you could make all your tools from scratch with wood iron and fire. Case in point, this guy dedicates a lot of his adult money tooling his workshop, as he said. And he's not exactly average in terms of wealth, much less on a global scale.
This could be adapted into a smart cane for the blind as you wouldn’t need a screen (if you could manage to separate the idar )... so much potential as a real product
@@Drqonic coffee? Consume so much caffine pills your blood is pure energy, become faster than the speed of fast, your blood is coffee, your muscels are coffee taffy (dont ask why) and your skin is... also coffee taffy (again, dont ask why). yeah on seconed thought, dont do that.
I work as wildland firefighter and I think a guided missile style fire suppression device would be pretty cool. Especially if it could also be used to plant trees in hard to reach areas.
You're an inspiration to engineers around the world! I would love to watch an autobiographical video or even just a short segment in your next video. Please make this happen.
I am super late to this party, but this thing makes me think of Brainport. Brainport is a square lollypop device put in the mouth which stimulates the tongue. It has 20 x 20 pixels and it converts the image recorded by a camera to electrical pulses on the tongue. People can "see" with it. It's a CBI (Computer to Brain Interface) and more specifically a Sensory Substitution Device (SSD) where one sense is used as a substitution for another. It's a super interesting field of research.
@@jefffoo6891 He meant suck the life. It's mostly true though, to be a billionaire one must not care about others and value personal wealth over everything
90% of his videos go over my head but I never don’t enjoy them?? I feel stupid but it makes me want to know what he’s talking about so in future videos he can break down his equations and I can go “Yeah obviously that’s the solution”
Callum Wootton that’s not gonna happen unless you get a degree in computer science and mechanical engineering. It’s ok if it goes over your head, he is an expert at what he does that’s why he can do it so well. It is here for us to enjoy.
@@die444luve yeaaa no u dont lol. i'm not talking about him dumbing down concepts like how lidar works i'm talking about the mathematics and coding that goes into making something like this. they dont teach that stuff in high school, and if they do its a 101 course.
I used to have a deaf fiance and theorised around a device like this but something that visualized music and notes so that it could be felt. Very cool to see something similar being crafted.
@@Range2212 I'm saying as a person without the "proper" education to do this: It is more of a challenge to do the computer science part than it would be to have the mechanical aptitude to do this. Based off of what the mechanical mechanism had to do no hardcore structural analysis had to be done. However writing your own app and coding everything to work correctly was a huge part.
Spoiler alert, his wife is actually the evil genius behind this channel. She’s an MIT unified engineering professor and he works for H&R Block. This has all been an incredibly clever ruse.
Great proof of concept. Having worked with the visually impaired, I can tell you that people that are blind are incredible at taking a new input and making it intuitive. My idea, FWIW, is to place the pin array into panels that are situated on each outer forearm. Splitting the screen in half for each arm. Maybe make it Bluetooth?You can have many more points for feedback. Since the arms sit at the lateral extremes of your body, this is you clearance when moving through obstacles.
If it linked to a bluetooth headset, it could talk to you/warn you of obstacles especially moving obstacles like cars and animals: a doorway is infront of you, a person is walking towards you, a lamp post is on your path, the path you are walking on will end in 20 feet. If it was a camera mounted on your shoulder it could also warn of things behind you like a cyclist is approaching from behind. Perhaps you can ask questions like: question: "siri, where is the nearest street crossing" answer "A pedestrian crossing is 200 yards infront of you." question: siri, can you see any public transport options" answer: "yes, two taxis approaching from the right and a bus stop 100 yards to the left" question: Siri, what is the building infront of me? answer: "New York Public Library" Using the tool in the video you might think a staircase is an obstacle. However you could walk into. a room and the app could tell you: "shelves on your right, reception on your left and a staircase leading up infront of you." I am sure as the AI for self driving cars advances and they can differentiate between different things it could be applied to this sort of thing.
Great content, thanks. Do note: CO-detectors should be lower to the floor as CO is 'heavier' than air. When it's next to the smoke detector it will be way to late in signalling you. That would be such a loss for that loving lady of yours!
It's a pretty common American engineering trope, a lot of STEM people in the US use metric, except for the old heads that were raised using US Standard. We like making fun of the US too
Last video I haven’t watched... I don’t want it to end. Very cool concepts, very in-depth, informative, and funny! You seem like a really chill dude that loves making things with his hands. I’m a quality engineer for a CNC manufacturer and some of your videos actually helped me understand our laythes and HAAS machines a littler better. I don’t work with them, only the end result and tons of paperwork, but they gave me a pretty good insight. Thanks! Now make more videos!!!
I’ve had the idea for pretty much exactly this design for years...so freaking cool to actually see someone build a proof of concept. Always felt like it would be a great phd/research funded project since it has the possibility of benefiting humanity like you touched on. Love your channel!
Honestly, he should reach out to a university to collaborate, see if he can get his name on the paper too. Increase the chances of it being made a product. Could he actually get a PhD that way? Wouldn't surprise me if he had one already.
The stick blind people use works better, is cheaper, faster,never runs out of battery, has better feedback ( lidar and low definition tactile"screen" wont be able to tell there are stairs, or a pole....)
@@niconico3907 Except the stick wont tell you about head high obsticals in normal use. The stick is also distance limited to roughly one stick length. A future version of this would make an excellent compliment to the stick by giving roungh information at greater range that the stick can be used to gather fine detail on.
@@TecSanento Well the headphones know where they are relative to your head(left ear, right ear), if you include gyroscopes. Some headphones (i.e. airpods pro) already do this technology and can reproduce spacial sound amazingly.
Awesome! I did something very similar when I was studying CS in the mid-nineties (so last century, I know). We used four integrated radiowave emitters and receivers to measure the distance of obstacles, and sent that to an actual set of braille display modules through a driver we developed and built - one braille unit per finger tip on one hand (we didn't use the thumb) in some sort of glove-like contraption. We went and tested this with actually blind volunteers, and it worked brilliantly for a prototype. You need to keep in mind that people with impaired sensory systems develop heightened sensitivity n their other sensory systems, i.e. in this case also finger sensitivity. Given that the fingertips are one of the areas in your body with the highest density of nerves (as opposed to parts of your bak where the distance resolution can up to 10 cm depending on the person, you can imagine that blind people develop an especially sensitive touch. Add to that that a blind person's mental image of the surroundings is fundamentally different than "ours" you need to think a bit out of the box. The blind people we tested the system with had a load of fun doing that, wearing the laptop(!) in a rucksack, a rather hilarious sheet-metal arc on their chest with chunky radio wave units screwed to them, feeling all like Terminator and RoboCop... :-) The resolution of the braille units were more than sufficient to get the information required to have a really good success rate, especially regarding false negatives (your wife will be glad to hear that, hahaha) It was a delight to see tour test subjects almost run through the obstacle course in the auditorium maximum, and later in the gymnastics hall using all the equipment available there. So TL;DR: If you are going to do a follow-up, definitively go for braille units, I bet they are much better these days and much easier to drive than they were back then. Fun fact: we first thought of using matrix printer heads but the blind agreed with us that the potential collateral of having your surroundings tatooed on your fingers is not such a good idea :-D
That “If I was going to rob you” seemed way to much like a threat for my comfort. Although if I were to get robbed I would want to be by a cool mad scientist.
Excellent idea! I once heard of a research project where they used vibration-motors from smartphone arranged in a belt to tell you the direction in which to go. They would let the people walk around with it for a longer time (1 or 2 weeks) and continously lower the intensity. At some point the vibrations where so faint they could no longer be picked up conciously, which is akin to giving you an extra sense. I would probably try a newer version with something like this. And while you're at it: IF at some point Galileo comes online it would provide you with precise enough data from your surroundings. Augment that with information from a Google Glas, run optical flow on the video picture to get an estimate of collisions about to happen... That could work pretty seamlessly.
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I'm sorry to correct you but only in the US light is traveling at 670,000,000mph.
Very confusing
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What if you built glasses with the technology that went into gloves that would tell the hands what to do, and instead of pines you could use vibrations or harmless electric shock in the palm.
Yeah I hope you get that system out and build your own fast. It can be bypassed with a $2 device on Amazon.
Lidar is coming to the new iPhone, I can't wait to see what you're able to do with that in a few months
It's not usual that such high quality content gets published this frequently. Thank you.
Agreed!
totally agreed
Couldn't agree more!
So true!!
Absolutely, thank you
You should call it the "Eyepad"
hahaha what a missed opportunity
@@StuffMadeHere you can still edit it and gimme credits ;) jk. Love your stuff by the way, not often that we see so much effort put into vids on youtube anymore
you digust me. you are the worst human being on earth. take my like and get out.
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@@user-hd6xc1xn9d r/foundthereddituser
*this is the content youtube should be promoted*
Cookie Cutter
Yeah! not fake “life hacks”
That's how I got here.
*promoting
Needs more hot glue and lies ....
K.
Father to a blind son 6yrs old, turned blind 1,5yrs ago. He “watches” (listens) to his iPad regularly. Have been following your channel but this one I had missed, came up as a recommendation.
People like you (and your supporting wife) gives me and my family hope that with tech everything is possible! And to all of you saying that a cane still is better, no, not to a kid that also wants cool tech!
Thank you!
The "cool tech" is still objectively worse though and puts the user in danger. Laser and sonic canes like this have been around since the 80's but they quit making them because there was no way to make it safe enough for independent travel so the user would need someone with them for safety. I've used one before and it was impossible to detect the end of ramps or driveway seams because the laser and the tactile rotor simply can't convey that minute level of detail that a white cane gives through tactile and auditory information. Not to mention that you have to be intently focused on the cane at all times since it can't stop you from running into things so you have to focus and rely on your reflexes whereas with the white cane you can comfortably walk like any sighty if your trained.
It's just not safe, especially for a child, that's why nobody uses them.
@@Casper-Ghost I understand where you are coming from, though I think that just because something couldn’t work in the past doesn’t mean it can’t work now. The technology has improved a lot. Especially if it’s designed with input from the people who will actually be using it, unlike the device in this video, which is more of a proof of concept. For example, the way I would change this device based on what you said is to make it a glove for your non-dominant hand (other options are a vest, bracelet, or even a phone case, as is suggested in the video) so that it could be used in conjunction with a cane. The idea being that you get the best of both worlds, the device can give you some idea of what is up ahead and you could use the cane to maneuver through it more precisely. The real question about the value of the device in my opinion is cost, especially if it has to have its own LIDAR. The cost will come down eventually but there may be other options by the time it does.
@@harryf9885after getting lasik surgery I am pretty convinced that any medical devices or procedures shown in science fiction will someday be available
@@harryf9885also let the haters hate. It makes for a better read when breakthroughs are reported on. "Many said it was impossible...."
Ah man, my blind friend is gonna be so happy when he sees this!
You're going to hell.
@@elvis_mello 😂 i just realized!
god damnit dude
I... am afraid that if your friend is blind, he might not be able to see it Lol
But if this device existed in the market, absolutely!
r/ WOOSHHHHHHH ^
Imagine being this intelligent. Your work is helping the world
This old tony style, but finally gets to the point - and brilliant!
Only a matter of time before he becomes real life iron man
This is what happens when humanity doesnt just get drunk all the time
This doesn't help the world.
Yeah I feel bad for you, I’ve created far more helpful things. I’ve also created this, but he thought of this and patented this 2 years after I made it
He’s like a combo of “tech ingredients” and “Applied science” all packed into what seems to be a 30 year old Mark Rober. Can’t get enough!!
He look 22
Agent Smith, you made me check the published date for this video. I’ll sue you.
Agent Smith • 2 years ago • edited I know, but I had to assume he’s older because WTF. The amount of machinery and tools this guy has is WAY more than any 22 yrold would have. Plus he’s married 🤷🏼♂️😂
He low key looks like Elon musk
I enjoy finding channels where people invent. Its good to see some intelligence on the internet
The fact he can engineer these things including not only design but also fabrication, software development, AND video editing in anywhere close to 100 hours is mind boggling.
Amazing quality content
“How to Shoot Video that Doesn’t Suck” changed my life honestly, good pick
Yo, ma guy. I see you everywhere.
True
Daniel? I never thought you liked this things
14 likes in three days? And ur the real pianist aswell? Hm, great to see your into other stuff aswell. Take my like,
Daniel!!!
summary: this dude is insanely smart
Fuck! Seriously this guy is smart smart like genius smart, I can't even replace a phone battery.
Correct
Glad u were paying attention
@@Mell0wY3ll0w Lmao
Los Santos City gotta be at least 140iq. This isn’t even his day job!
his wife gives him the "why did i say yes" look with such consistency xD
Constantly pulling the April Ludgate face
@zzz43452 bruh, you're watching too much politics videos...
A indian fellow I agree lol. Too much gender politics.
@zzz43452 whatever the hell you just said is more cancer than anything any feminist has ever written lmao
@@KumoGoesFast kap
My late father tried to do something similar to this 15 years ago. The final objective was to help blind people, but since he worked in aerospace, the first prototype was to have a warning system for astronauts so they could "see" on their backs with feedback through a vest. It never got past the part of cheking sensitivity, kinda like you do at 5:15... But yeah, it brings me memories.
Very interesting.
rip daddy fernando
"so I've been thinking a lot about guided missiles"
Something me as Arab i cant say or i be sent to Guantanamo
@@xwhels frrrr
100th like
this is the content youtube should be promoted
WAIT I THOUGHT YOU WERE JOKING
Hey, as an engineering student, your workshop and ideas are really cool to me! I think it’d be nice if you had a video walking through your shop/tools, explaining what they’re for and how you went about building such an impressive shop! And, it could be a nice low-effort bit of content in-between more difficult projects. Just an idea!
Yeah! This is super inspiring to see someone invest in their own workshop and start using it for such interesting projects. I would actually be really curious to know what each bit of kit does, and why it's in his workshop!
I concur!
As a high school student in my last year, preparing to apply for engineering in uni, it would be cool to learn about these tools!!
Yeah I'd be really interested in how he came to own each bit of kit, like what the justification was for buying it at the time. Part of owning all this stuff is being able to either make money from it or justify it for your hobby and I don't see how you can own a multi axis CNC without a really good reason. Everyone wants one but even if I had $15000 I don't think I could convince myself
I concur
The "turn around so i can test the front" comment earned you a sub
But lost him a good night’s rest
Hahah I’m glad someone also heard it 😂🙏
I Caught that too lol
@@When_will_I_find_love what body area would his touch test be upon?
@@superliro100 the titties. I'm pretty sure "titties" is the correct medical terminology.
When I was a kid and I heard the word "engineer", I would picture a person like this. But in my life, I haven't come across such an all-round engineer like this.
Probably because he's basically like the protagonist in a kid's show.
In this episode his wife has become blindfolded. He comically overcomes hurdles to develop a device that will allow her to see again but in the meantime she comes up with her own solution.
Asking permission just before seeing “Your order has shipped” strangely resonated with me.
Love the wife interactions. 10/10
As someone who’s legally blind and will be completely blind in a few years this is a neat idea.
Aww man I feel bad for you
Money Lisa why? It’s just how things are. By the time I go blind I may be able to get cyborg eyes that see in thermal and night vision.
Good for you for keeping a positive attitude
Someone gotta be wooshed
Buddha23Fett Yoo that’d be so sick
Thanks for the great content. Really appreciate how much effort you put into these projects.
10:45 iPhone 12 pro just got LiDAR maybe we’ll see a part 2
I love the skins to bad they changed the name and I can’t believe they dropped Adrian Peterson
Yes! this would be great 😁
Google's AR Core also provides depth data now. Don't know how accurate it is though.
he should take it apart and fit it into glasses the person can wear. much more practical for a blind person than carrying a giant ipad everywhere they go and also less reason for it to get stolen.
@@smurfx i dont see how a glasses gonna work. i get it a small form factor but having it on your head where you wont feel that much push motion coming from the glasses. please explain to me how it gonna work
I swear this dude has a PhD in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, and Mathematics. My boy's wicked smart.
Wicked SMAHT
Don't forget the 3D modelling skillz😵
No PhDs....just the stuff you actually use from them
A PhD isn’t necessary to do this. It’s his creativity and experience. In engineering, you just keep on learning.
@@wyattb3138 true but his knowledge seems like he does have a PhD in all of the aforementioned branches
“Turn around so I can touch the front”😂 god I love this guy
5:12 thank me later
LMAO I was in tears
Missed the other wife joke at 1:02 where he says „To get her right where I wanted to“... sleezy...
@@SmilingDevil initially I thought she was his mother 🤭🤣
why she seems iritated after that line ? i mean why..?
I love how the top screen of the monitor layout always has some funny Amazon product on it. Makes the coding moments that much better.
“Now turn around so I can test your front” *angry glare
Me: yup, they’re married.
Yeah...Nice humor
They are such a great couple, in all honesty. Everyone should have such supportful partners in life but also realize how blessed they are to have so.
This guy has done more in quarantine than I’ve done in 29 years.
Hey I’m an Engineering graduate and I struggle with the basics. Not all schools offer the same quality of education. My school had a few courses that was questionable as if they just added a random course to fill out the curriculum. Also, education decades ago was way more detailed. As time goes by schools begin teaching only the latest technology and don’t teach the technology they derived from. Schools only teach how to use tech not create tech.
johnson noel I’m lost
Facts
@@Jnoel608 that's not true at all
@@EvanRustMakes it's true that not all schools offer the same level of education
Alt title “man makes himself into a roomba”
Except he doesn't even attempt to clean.
@@peter_smyth So just like Roomba
lmfao true
Then he turned himself into a roomba, funniest shit I've ever seen
Needs belt or harness that secures a vacuum onto him.
I cant even begin to comprehend all of the engineering that went into this project.. WELL DONE
Can't imagine someone being smart enough to design something like this all alone
You deserve a lot more resources ❤️
@zee That's what I'm saying!
This could be life-changing for people, nice job man!
Blind people walk faster with a stick than they would with this shit.
Which is why its a prototype, and is done on a low budget with on hand items, which is why he pointed out that he wants to find better actuators for more precise control, now, you go try and do something productive rather than dissing on somebody for something you couldn't do
@@Alex632 if you train a blind man with this thing they would walk much more better then with a stick
@@michaelmiller9449 boohoo
yo Alex lmfao you ok? Real angry for no reason
this dude is borderline genius. Or just a regular ol' genius
This dude also has a lot of cool equipment and a huge house to store it.
@Anonymous Oh absolutely. There are many people who have access to resources and opportunities but don't use them. However the most important resources that you need is time and dedication. Some people don't have time because they already have other duties.
Decide already !!!
Dude, I sponsored several engineering student teams to do something similar to this 10 years ago. I stuck with an array of tactors (pancake motors) spaced 2-point-discrmination distance apart, and gave each tactor 3 bits of "depth" using PWM and current control. Note that a typical vibrotactile response scopes to only 8 JNDs (Just Notable Difference) so 3 bit depth just about covers what we can hapticly perceive. My initial designs were like yours, which morphed into a different form factor. According to my physiology research, I figured I could get a 64 tactor array. Not much but my form factor theoretically pushed the performance of that significantly. Sadly, this is one of my main back-burner projects that has not yet completed to a decent prototype stage. Sigh.
what in the fuck
stuff made here: spends many hours on an accurate device to tell where you are
Micheal Reeves: taser goes brrrrrrrrr
@NIB I did a thing: Reeeeeeeeeeeee
Michael still does cool stuff, but the end goal is activating a taser. Besides, he doesnt explain much of the process of creation or the tools he uses.
@@GuilhermeDiGiorgi tazer goes brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
The true duality off eginner
I wonder if Michael got a hold of his guided missile and bat idea
This is the first person I’ve seen in a while who consistently makes interesting and maybe even useful things on TH-cam
Any other similar channels you would like to suggest?
Rexus King his current style of videos are highly inspired by “Mark Rober” Although he kind of makes even mark look like an amateur. This dudes early videos where straight up “This old Tony” knockoffs, so if you liked their style, go check him out too.
He seems to be kind of developing into a hybrid of these 2 channels, primarily. If you watch those 2 channels you’ll see very quickly his influences.
He also is vaguely similar to “Micheal Reeves” and “William Osman”. Although he’s far more competent and serious than them.
@@WrexShepard I already subbed to all four of the channels you mentioned! They all have different styles and tones. I think what Mark's doing that stands out from the rest, is his content can be more easily digested by children. (I think, not a child anymore)
Eric Barnett yeah all 4 of those are great. I really liked Tested led by Adam Savage which is pretty cool.
"Now turn around so I can test the front"- What every chiropractor said before they went to jail.
thats why you go with acupuncture on the side. leave you on pins and needles....
idk maybe i should have sharpened the puncture line, comes across a bit dull.
@@Kittsuera dont feel to much of a prick, go with massage. its more hands on, and if u get good it gets better lol
@@not-himx5593 I always give my customers a happy ending!
@@greenherooftheinterwebz7078 next time try the penguin, pull there pants down round the ankles and give them one off the wrist, just as the happy ending is about to happen, walk away, but be careful of the angery pirate,
@@not-himx5593 ...bro, what kinda massage training did you have? Sounds like you're revealing ancient techniques that've been passed down in your family for generations
Thank you for considering a project like this! I will say that for me personally I think for something like this to be useful it would need to have several rounds of use and commentary by both visually impaired and blind people. What a sighted person (or even a sighted person wearing a blindfold) thinks will be the most helpful information is often not the same as what a visually impaired or blind person will think is the most useful. None of this is to criticize your idea or execution, this is truly amazing, rather I just want to educate people on the reality of building and designing things for disabled people when you’re not someone in that group. Keep up the great work!
He really said "Turn around so I can test the front" to his wife
*What a classic*
I loved that lol
Hes a chad
her look was classic lol
The sad part is she said no
madlad
I'd love to see you keep working on this and seeing how far and advanced you can take this, because this can be absolutely groundbreaking for the blind community.
This really isn't groundbreaking at all and is about 8 years behind Google's own project. The reason the tech has never taken off in the blindness community is because simply using a long white cane properly is far safer and more efficient without any battery usage or other tech dependency issues. Something like this would never be useful for chaotic environments like malls, airports, or festivals and would still require considerable training with a cane as well.
@@Casper-Ghost Just me again. I'm assuming you invented the cane at this point
@@Casper-Ghost You know that a cane is tech? tech is not synonimous with "computerized thing". Language is tech, agriculture is tech, a hat is tech, and this is also tech.
There is no difference between being dependen on one tech or another, and this tech could perfectly be integrated in a regular cane and bum you have both tech so if one fails you have a backup and are less dependent on one tech in specific.
Hes like Mark Rober combined with Casually Explained
I feel like he’s smarter than mark
Or like This Old Tony and Mark Rober. The humor (and machining aspect) seems similar to This Old Tony's, but it has an educational feel like Mark's
Yianni Dimitriou smarter than a literal rocket scientist? i think mark rober just makes more consumable content that’s more targeted toward kids
@@yianni3251 I wouldn't go that far, but let's not compare the two when we can just appreciate how smart they both are
@@yianni3251 they definitely have different target audience
Mark Rober is basically what you get if your bored uncle was a rocket engineer and just want to do random stuff
This guy is like a capable product designer that has too unconventional of a design for the marketing department to accept so he just market it by himself
You should combine the tactile feedback into a walking stick. This idea is good for big objects but people can easily trip over curbs or small objects and bumps on the road. Blind people will still want a walking stick to sweep, it'd be good if they had a further "sight" to improve distance.
I subbed like a week ago after his stuff got on my recommended. Pardon my profanity, but holy h*ck this guy can change the world. He explains everything in depth but keeps it concise so it’s easier to understand. This is now one of the few channels I genuinely am excited to see what he has coming next.
We need him and Mark Rober to get together. Unlimited potential.
@@theworstisover11 add in a little michael reeves and they could take over the world
@@theworstisover11 Him, mark rober, and smarter every day.
This guys censored the word "heck"
He showed up on my page. I watch and subbed. I guess math is really needed in life. This is Bill gates 30 yrs ago.
This guy is like the family friendly and helpful Micheal Reeves
Micheal Reeves: Crack free edition
And taser free@@UpNextDonum
He's in between Michael Reeves and Mark Rober.
I’d love to see a collaboration between the two, maybe chaotic good
The thing about Michael Reeves is that he is ridiculously smart and uses it on what are essentially 24k gold shitposts.
2:30 he really asked if making a working ironman gauntlet is cool
Without a doubt, the smartest fella on TH-cam.
Honestly mind blowing.
Mark Rober entered the chat.
@@MarkusHobelsberger eh... yes and no. The construction of his giant flask for the elephant's toothpaste was grossly disappointing it was a pressure vessel made of timber for god's sake.
Sir. please make this product a reality. someone PLEASE give this man some money! and a team. People NEED this! God bless you man! May your creativity and good heart soar!
Gid bless your family as well!
Gid
you do it
He should upload this on Kickstarter.
HE HAS A PATREON PEOPLE!!!
He has patreon.
DUDE! This has to be one of the best channels on youtube ALREADY! Editing is on point, the projects are interesting and unique, you're a great teacher and it all adds up to create a fantastic viewing experience. Thanks for putting so much work into your videos!
This man is so intelligent and I feel like he’s one day gonna make a huge change in the world and I love it so much thank you for focusing on the future man. This gives me hope.
*All you need is half sphere that detects 180 degree "front view" so you don't need to move the table all over the place.*
Nice video
9:39 buying a book “shoot video that doesn’t suck “ brilliant
hahaha nice catch :)
I loved watching this, as a blind person, seeing this concept makes me smile
🤔
Is this a joke or are you actually blind? the latter is impressive to see you're able to go around the internet with what seems to be relative profficienty
Nice
@@shirothefish9688 Don't know answer to that, but about going trough internet: have u heard about Voice Feedback and Text to Speech - programmes? I think nowadays every smartphone and computer has these, so using internet is not a problem.
I mean... i've heard of em but they seem like they'd be... clunky/slow to use.
"So I've been thinking a lot about guided missiles"
*quickly checks to make sure I am subscribed and have the bell on*
Holy hell this guy is brilliant!
Guided missiles are actually trivial (relatively) at present with off the shelf RC parts and hobby rocket motors. The problem is there is strongly enforced federal legislation against putting any sort of guidance on a rocket in the US.
This channel is amazing! Found it earlier this afternoon and have been watching all day.
Imagine if he was a part of a team that had millions of dollars to do whatever with
I think Google or Apple should just sponsor him to do whatever he likes to do.
@@MikkoRantalainen Only if they pay us all a bunker. I am scared of what he can do.
Google already has this tech in their blind driver project and have since 2012 or so.
@@Casper-Ghost Many companies have object detection. He mentioned some. None I've seen also give that feedback in a form useful to blind people.
He was... He lead Formlabs' (the huge 3D printer company) entire R&D department for like 5+ years. He left to do TH-cam full time.
*“So I’ve been thinking a lot about guided missiles”*
???????
Suddenly receives a phone call: hello, this is Kim from Best Korea.
@@chunkynugget HAHAHAHAHA
how do you think a person got blind
youve gotta make money somehow
why not they are damn interesting
Blind person on cliff using this: “aw sweet no obstacles”
Edit: Because a lot of you didn’t get it, this was a joke
it's proof of concept meaning hes just proving this could be a thing not that it should be a thing but imo it should be a thing
build time I’m just making a joke at the fact that it wouldn’t give a response at the edge of a cliff because there is nothing to detect. And yeah I agree this is both cool and should be looked into more
I could imagine that later versions including a pointer for overhead obstacles would also be able to detect whats below you, and just give you a permanent push at the lower end as long as theres floor ahead of you.
Illegal Aliens oh I definitely agree but haha funy you know
Hilarious comment 😂 I hate to argue cause I know you’re only joking but he did mention the top down view which could get over the cliff problem if it could sense the depth of a fall and distinguish the difference between say a curb and a 100ft fall lol
You’re one of the most intelligent problem solvers I have ever seen. Best of luck to you and your future endeavors.
Imagine this in bird box. Movie would be 5 minutes long
Nope actually it won't work like in the movie they tried to used the cctv then the guy still suicides
Therefore, it won't work
@@yun2956 his eyes are blindfolded though
How would it be five minutes long if it would still take the same amount of time to get to the safehouse?
the bird box monsters been really quiet since this dropped
@@Quaneje that was soo stupid.... they are looking at pixels lmao pissed me off
He’s like the more professional Michael Reeves, but the less professional Mark Rober, a nice medium
Still love. To watch all of them lol
@@yf3703 I do prefer watching this guy, but I feel like their strengths lay in different places.
less professional Mark Rober?
w h a t ?
way less crazier than michael reeves
@Mike Solar They are going to be an avenger's level threat if they become evil.
This yt channel is the best CV i've ever seen. Period.
It's still amazing to me that people in this day and age can just build anything their hearts desire...
Can i build a cat girl
@@killertigergaming6762 Learn how to master CRISPR and you betcha.
Eh, I'd argue the access for people to build anything has been diminishing as technology progresses. It requires increasingly specific (and expensive) machinery to make things compared to say the middle ages where you could make all your tools from scratch with wood iron and fire.
Case in point, this guy dedicates a lot of his adult money tooling his workshop, as he said. And he's not exactly average in terms of wealth, much less on a global scale.
This could be adapted into a smart cane for the blind as you wouldn’t need a screen (if you could manage to separate the idar )... so much potential as a real product
Don't even need a cane, I don't think. It could just be a wand. "Tactile flashlight."
@@007bistromath Having it in a telescopic cane would be a good idea because you'd have mechanical backup in case battery dies or the lidar fails.
@@007bistromath Why did I read that as "Testicle flashlight" 😂🤣 talking about wands sure didn't help
@@007bistromath Those have been around since the 80's and they're stupidly unsafe. A regular long white cane will always be better.
@@MikkoRantalainen But why would you when the cane provides better information and more of it?
Overpowered genius engineer saying "So I've been thinking a lot about guided missiles". Well this oughta play out nicely.
The irony here of course is he is arguing about buying a new iPad-Pro as she is making an expresso with a $1000 Breville Barista Touch Espresso Maker.
@@henrytaylor4777 Coffee is a priority imho.
@@Drqonic coffee? Consume so much caffine pills your blood is pure energy, become faster than the speed of fast, your blood is coffee, your muscels are coffee taffy (dont ask why) and your skin is... also coffee taffy (again, dont ask why). yeah on seconed thought, dont do that.
@@fhdherhveeuueur8445 Instructions unclear, I can now see time itself 0_0
very much michael reeves energy
Whenever a video by this guy comes out, I watch it and enjoy every second of it. Really glad TH-cam recommended me this channel
I work as wildland firefighter and I think a guided missile style fire suppression device would be pretty cool. Especially if it could also be used to plant trees in hard to reach areas.
You got my like right after:
"Let's think about it."
Queue camera pan to "Your Order Has Shipped".
You're an inspiration to engineers around the world! I would love to watch an autobiographical video or even just a short segment in your next video. Please make this happen.
I am super late to this party, but this thing makes me think of Brainport. Brainport is a square lollypop device put in the mouth which stimulates the tongue. It has 20 x 20 pixels and it converts the image recorded by a camera to electrical pulses on the tongue. People can "see" with it. It's a CBI (Computer to Brain Interface) and more specifically a Sensory Substitution Device (SSD) where one sense is used as a substitution for another. It's a super interesting field of research.
"now turn around..." She wasn't feeling it that day
Lmao 🤣
IvE gOT a HEaDaChE HoNEy
Neither was he 🤣🤣🤣
She always looks mad af
@@lachlantaylor1225 i think its the intent of the video ....
Iron man gauntlet. Do that
Also this video quality is really good, the dry humor is appreciated
I wonder how he will prank his wife with that one though
Lame
@@pabloarroyo1023 by making it fly right in her face instead of onto the hand
haha yeah. it’s just rocket science, right?
5:25 "now turn arround so I can test the front" xD
professionals have standards
be polite
the way she looks at him killed me xD
Savage 😂
This is such a time capsule, seeing and hearing your future ideas and having the videos where you did it
This man should be a billionaire with the amount of things he can do for humanity.
Yes he needs to be a billionaire so he can invent more things:)
Billionaires don’t actually do things for humanity. They such the life out of it.
@@unlink1649 what
@@unlink1649 what is such the life
@@jefffoo6891 He meant suck the life. It's mostly true though, to be a billionaire one must not care about others and value personal wealth over everything
I don’t feel too intelligent when I watch his videos
90% of his videos go over my head but I never don’t enjoy them?? I feel stupid but it makes me want to know what he’s talking about so in future videos he can break down his equations and I can go “Yeah obviously that’s the solution”
Callum Wootton that’s not gonna happen unless you get a degree in computer science and mechanical engineering. It’s ok if it goes over your head, he is an expert at what he does that’s why he can do it so well. It is here for us to enjoy.
Kevin Corrigan You don't have to have a degree to know what he is talking about 😭 I know half the shit he says and i'm a high school student.
@@die444luve he means the equations
@@die444luve yeaaa no u dont lol. i'm not talking about him dumbing down concepts like how lidar works i'm talking about the mathematics and coding that goes into making something like this. they dont teach that stuff in high school, and if they do its a 101 course.
“Now turn around so I can test the front” haha haha what a legend. 5:25
"i guess thats probably not such a good idea" haha glad im not the only one who caught that
im sure he gets to test the front just not on video
@@partyballoon2420 and not using 🪛
Yes
@@partyballoon2420 ;p
I used to have a deaf fiance and theorised around a device like this but something that visualized music and notes so that it could be felt. Very cool to see something similar being crafted.
My man, you have the most important skill of being an artist
You can actually draw hands!
This is the coolest project I’ve seen on TH-cam in a hot minute... your mind is epic. And your wife’s side-eye game is legend 😂
That "I'll think about it" (ding) "your order has shipped" had me cryin 😂😂😂
Your work on this channel is absolutely incredible. Thank you for being so amazing
this video single handedly makes me want to get an engineering degree
You don't need a degree to do this. You just have to work hard
@@parmstrong
Easiest way would be to actually just get an engineering degree
@@Range2212 From a mechanical engineer, this is more computer science than engineering
@@nateglen9358 Mechanical engineer here as well. I'd say this would comfortably fall within what a mechanical engineer learns at uni.
@@Range2212 I'm saying as a person without the "proper" education to do this: It is more of a challenge to do the computer science part than it would be to have the mechanical aptitude to do this. Based off of what the mechanical mechanism had to do no hardcore structural analysis had to be done. However writing your own app and coding everything to work correctly was a huge part.
Spoiler alert, his wife is actually the evil genius behind this channel. She’s an MIT unified engineering professor and he works for H&R Block. This has all been an incredibly clever ruse.
Really?
@@nikanor8152 No.
@@KillahMate yes
This is pretty much the plot of a Simpsons episode too
I believe you, but if you know this, what is her name
The irony here of course is he is arguing about buying a new iPad-Pro as she is making an expresso with a $1000 Breville Barista Touch Espresso Maker.
That’s the barista pro
"I will do some, all or none of those things" I love this channel bud. Would like the see the violin robot tho. And phase 10 of the bat. Lol
Great proof of concept. Having worked with the visually impaired, I can tell you that people that are blind are incredible at taking a new input and making it intuitive. My idea, FWIW, is to place the pin array into panels that are situated on each outer forearm. Splitting the screen in half for each arm. Maybe make it Bluetooth?You can have many more points for feedback. Since the arms sit at the lateral extremes of your body, this is you clearance when moving through obstacles.
Was thinking same thing.
If it linked to a bluetooth headset, it could talk to you/warn you of obstacles especially moving obstacles like cars and animals: a doorway is infront of you, a person is walking towards you, a lamp post is on your path, the path you are walking on will end in 20 feet.
If it was a camera mounted on your shoulder it could also warn of things behind you like a cyclist is approaching from behind.
Perhaps you can ask questions like: question: "siri, where is the nearest street crossing" answer "A pedestrian crossing is 200 yards infront of you." question: siri, can you see any public transport options" answer: "yes, two taxis approaching from the right and a bus stop 100 yards to the left" question: Siri, what is the building infront of me? answer: "New York Public Library"
Using the tool in the video you might think a staircase is an obstacle. However you could walk into. a room and the app could tell you: "shelves on your right, reception on your left and a staircase leading up infront of you."
I am sure as the AI for self driving cars advances and they can differentiate between different things it could be applied to this sort of thing.
Great content, thanks.
Do note: CO-detectors should be lower to the floor as CO is 'heavier' than air. When it's next to the smoke detector it will be way to late in signalling you. That would be such a loss for that loving lady of yours!
"Imagine if Apple put the LiDAR into the iPhone..."
Should have just waited 5 more months...
iPhone 12 pro max does have lidar mate
@@stundown read the comment again
@@stundown You are probably not good at English.
Wait what I’m confused
apple tech sucks
This man is very smart,I'm glad our world has people like this,thank you for existing.
20+ years on the internet and I don't think I've ever seen anything more inspiring.
Hey, we use metric here in Australia too, and literally almost everywhere else that isn't America
It's a pretty common American engineering trope, a lot of STEM people in the US use metric, except for the old heads that were raised using US Standard. We like making fun of the US too
once you go metric you never go back :D
@Cruddy Kringle and the Crotch Crickets America didn't make English lol
Last video I haven’t watched... I don’t want it to end. Very cool concepts, very in-depth, informative, and funny! You seem like a really chill dude that loves making things with his hands. I’m a quality engineer for a CNC manufacturer and some of your videos actually helped me understand our laythes and HAAS machines a littler better. I don’t work with them, only the end result and tons of paperwork, but they gave me a pretty good insight. Thanks! Now make more videos!!!
Totally has the LIDAR in the iPhone now. I'd like to see an upgrade
I’ve had the idea for pretty much exactly this design for years...so freaking cool to actually see someone build a proof of concept. Always felt like it would be a great phd/research funded project since it has the possibility of benefiting humanity like you touched on. Love your channel!
Honestly, he should reach out to a university to collaborate, see if he can get his name on the paper too. Increase the chances of it being made a product. Could he actually get a PhD that way? Wouldn't surprise me if he had one already.
The stick blind people use works better, is cheaper, faster,never runs out of battery, has better feedback ( lidar and low definition tactile"screen" wont be able to tell there are stairs, or a pole....)
@@niconico3907 Except the stick wont tell you about head high obsticals in normal use. The stick is also distance limited to roughly one stick length. A future version of this would make an excellent compliment to the stick by giving roungh information at greater range that the stick can be used to gather fine detail on.
Honestly just create a company called “Made” or “Made Here”. Go public and have people invest lol.
elon musk v2
Please do, we would get rich
Made in Made
But what does he produce and sell? Why would we invest?
Matz G Exactly. These are all cool, but very niche and not viable products.
Could you rework this with surround sound headphones so that you could “hear” where the walls are like a bat?
I was thinking more in the direction with the video, so I thought of a glove... But your idea seems even better
Oh yeah! Especially that 3D sound is really good.
Well maybe not like a bat, but it might be like the sound is louder the closer the wall is, that would be cool.
@@ondrej7137 but it would need to know which direction you are looking at - may be integrate it into a hat ?
@@TecSanento Well the headphones know where they are relative to your head(left ear, right ear), if you include gyroscopes. Some headphones (i.e. airpods pro) already do this technology and can reproduce spacial sound amazingly.
You are a real scientist and inventor. We need million kids like you. ❤️ ❤️ ❤️
Awesome!
I did something very similar when I was studying CS in the mid-nineties (so last century, I know). We used four integrated radiowave emitters and receivers to measure the distance of obstacles, and sent that to an actual set of braille display modules through a driver we developed and built - one braille unit per finger tip on one hand (we didn't use the thumb) in some sort of glove-like contraption.
We went and tested this with actually blind volunteers, and it worked brilliantly for a prototype. You need to keep in mind that people with impaired sensory systems develop heightened sensitivity n their other sensory systems, i.e. in this case also finger sensitivity. Given that the fingertips are one of the areas in your body with the highest density of nerves (as opposed to parts of your bak where the distance resolution can up to 10 cm depending on the person, you can imagine that blind people develop an especially sensitive touch. Add to that that a blind person's mental image of the surroundings is fundamentally different than "ours" you need to think a bit out of the box.
The blind people we tested the system with had a load of fun doing that, wearing the laptop(!) in a rucksack, a rather hilarious sheet-metal arc on their chest with chunky radio wave units screwed to them, feeling all like Terminator and RoboCop... :-) The resolution of the braille units were more than sufficient to get the information required to have a really good success rate, especially regarding false negatives (your wife will be glad to hear that, hahaha)
It was a delight to see tour test subjects almost run through the obstacle course in the auditorium maximum, and later in the gymnastics hall using all the equipment available there.
So TL;DR: If you are going to do a follow-up, definitively go for braille units, I bet they are much better these days and much easier to drive than they were back then.
Fun fact: we first thought of using matrix printer heads but the blind agreed with us that the potential collateral of having your surroundings tatooed on your fingers is not such a good idea :-D
How is this comment so long
As good as these videos and projects are (and they’re phenomenal), your wife takes it clear over the top!
I think she's brighter than portrayed for humor.
@@wongowonga She seems VERY bright.
That “If I was going to rob you” seemed way to much like a threat for my comfort. Although if I were to get robbed I would want to be by a cool mad scientist.
Excellent idea! I once heard of a research project where they used vibration-motors from smartphone arranged in a belt to tell you the direction in which to go. They would let the people walk around with it for a longer time (1 or 2 weeks) and continously lower the intensity. At some point the vibrations where so faint they could no longer be picked up conciously, which is akin to giving you an extra sense. I would probably try a newer version with something like this. And while you're at it: IF at some point Galileo comes online it would provide you with precise enough data from your surroundings. Augment that with information from a Google Glas, run optical flow on the video picture to get an estimate of collisions about to happen... That could work pretty seamlessly.