04.07.2010 16:06 Uhr, Quelle: Engadget

Prototype car with tactile feedback challenges the blind to drive (video)

We can already imagine just what you're thinking -- the blind have no place behind the wheel, right? As it turns out, though, cars can steer themselves these days, so there technically no reason why (save a few laws) a computer-assisted blind person couldn't drive. Virginia Tech successfully tested a laser-guided dirt buggy last year (see above), and teaming with the National Federation of the Blind this week, it intends to demonstrate a full-size augmented SUV next year. In January 2011, the Daytona racetr

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