Raghav
Ganesh, who lives in San Jose, Calif., invented a sensor package (white
box attached to cane) that alerts blind people when knee-high obstacles
are in their path.
P. Thornton/ SSP
15 comments:
Mina
said...
This is a really amazing and inspirational article. It's sometimes hard to believe that kids just about our age can create something so unique and helpful, but here's proof that they can. It's so cool that Raghav Ganesh actually created an affordable cane for blind people, which tells them if there's an obstacle in their way.
I think that this is a really cool article. I think that is was really creative of him to use wavelengths to make the sensor. I always wondered if the canes even helped blind people that much. I think he should make a mechanized voice also to alert the user that there are objects in the way because if they are in the car or on any surface that is vibrating the user may thing that there is a object in the way.
To piggy back on mina it is an inspirational article because someone made a cane for blind people that can help them see. It is mind blowing how he created this cane. It can be used so that blind people can basically see. It is also affordable for blind people.
It is insane that something so simple in someone's head can be so hard to build in real life. It is amazing, though, what someone can do if they set their mind to it. The fact that it enables blind people to "see" is amazing. Also, the fact that it's affordable for anyone, basically, is a really great leap for mankind.
This is really spectacular that a kid could invent something so useful to help society. I think it is so cool that Raghav thought up the idea to put a censor on the seeing-eye cane. The censor was so small that it was almost futuristic seeming! It was astounding that the blind people were able to understand how to use the red-and-white cane in about 10 minutes! I believe that this is a great idea for a 7th grader to pursuit.
Wow, this is so amazing, and so interesting. I think it's great that kids can create something as amazing as this. I'm sure that there are many people out there that this could be extremely helpful to.
I think that it is amazing that a boy of twelve could invent something so useful and have it actually work! It is great because it is really helpful for people who can't see.
It is good that when he was making the cane, he even made it out of affordable materials. This is a good example of empathy. I wonder if he has any blind friends that inspired him to create this?
I think that this is an interesting article because of how Raghav Ganesh, being a preteen, could think of such a cool idea that is as helpful as it is. This makes me think that young minds can have a lot of ingenuity.
This is an amazing invention. I think that it is really cool that the cane has a device that can "see" forwards and will vibrate when it notices something with its infrared "eyes". This is an amazing new addition to the array of materials that blind people can use to get around, and eventually, I assume that even more people will begin to invent things like this to make life so much easier for people who have disabilities like blindness and deafness.
This invention is interesting. It is interesting how a BLIND person can use a cane with Raghav's invention and can pretty much SEE the path he/she is walking toward. I wonder how he made the 'computer brain' and the sensors to detect things around him/her, because if his invention only cost about $55, that is cheap (in terms of money, not durability). $55 dollars for a seeing cane-for the blind. Genius. I find it a little weird how if an (ungreedy) teenager invented technology, everything would be super cheap, but if a grown-up invented the computer, it would be so much more expensive. Adults, I think, know so much more about politics and money that they would sell them for $1,000 or something while teenagers with a good cause would sell it for how much it's actually worth.
Well this is really interesting! There have been quite a few different objects invented for purposes similar to this, but this is something different. This could be something really big. In the near future this will make a lot of money and be really successful.
I think that this is an amazing invention. If sold in stores across the world, it could make a big impact. But what happens if the cane breaks, and can no longer use the wavelengths?
It is really awesome how this kid (Raghav Ganesh) invented something that will change the world. The cane idea is a great one because in benefits many blind people around the world. I think that this would be a great eCYBERMISSION experiment and the engineering seems really thought out.
A cane that can see, what a project! I definitely agree with everything that the article said. Dragging a cane back and forth while you walk cannot be so efficient sometimes. Heaven help you if you lose the cane. Most of the things that really delay a blind person from getting from one place to another place is an elevated object. The idea that you can only tap the ground a few times every while instead of having to drag it everywhere with you is a great idea. How to blind people go to sleep every night and wake up? It probably takes time for them to find their cane. If you care commenting after this, then can you please answer that question. Also, this was done by a seventh grader! I definitely agree with Raghav that a narrow field of view is very helpful. If you do not need to worry about things around you, why make it on a device?
15 comments:
This is a really amazing and inspirational article. It's sometimes hard to believe that kids just about our age can create something so unique and helpful, but here's proof that they can. It's so cool that Raghav Ganesh actually created an affordable cane for blind people, which tells them if there's an obstacle in their way.
I think that this is a really cool article. I think that is was really creative of him to use wavelengths to make the sensor. I always wondered if the canes even helped blind people that much. I think he should make a mechanized voice also to alert the user that there are objects in the way because if they are in the car or on any surface that is vibrating the user may thing that there is a object in the way.
To piggy back on mina it is an inspirational article because someone made a cane for blind people that can help them see. It is mind blowing how he created this cane. It can be used so that blind people can basically see. It is also affordable for blind people.
It is insane that something so simple in someone's head can be so hard to build in real life. It is amazing, though, what someone can do if they set their mind to it. The fact that it enables blind people to "see" is amazing. Also, the fact that it's affordable for anyone, basically, is a really great leap for mankind.
This is really spectacular that a kid could invent something so useful to help society. I think it is so cool that Raghav thought up the idea to put a censor on the seeing-eye cane. The censor was so small that it was almost futuristic seeming! It was astounding that the blind people were able to understand how to use the red-and-white cane in about 10 minutes! I believe that this is a great idea for a 7th grader to pursuit.
Wow, this is so amazing, and so interesting. I think it's great that kids can create something as amazing as this. I'm sure that there are many people out there that this could be extremely helpful to.
I think that it is amazing that a boy of twelve could invent something so useful and have it actually work! It is great because it is really helpful for people who can't see.
It is good that when he was making the cane, he even made it out of affordable materials. This is a good example of empathy. I wonder if he has any blind friends that inspired him to create this?
I think that this is an interesting article because of how Raghav Ganesh, being a preteen, could think of such a cool idea that is as helpful as it is. This makes me think that young minds can have a lot of ingenuity.
This is an amazing invention. I think that it is really cool that the cane has a device that can "see" forwards and will vibrate when it notices something with its infrared "eyes". This is an amazing new addition to the array of materials that blind people can use to get around, and eventually, I assume that even more people will begin to invent things like this to make life so much easier for people who have disabilities like blindness and deafness.
This invention is interesting. It is interesting how a BLIND person can use a cane with Raghav's invention and can pretty much SEE the path he/she is walking toward. I wonder how he made the 'computer brain' and the sensors to detect things around him/her, because if his invention only cost about $55, that is cheap (in terms of money, not durability). $55 dollars for a seeing cane-for the blind. Genius. I find it a little weird how if an (ungreedy) teenager invented technology, everything would be super cheap, but if a grown-up invented the computer, it would be so much more expensive. Adults, I think, know so much more about politics and money that they would sell them for $1,000 or something while teenagers with a good cause would sell it for how much it's actually worth.
Well this is really interesting! There have been quite a few different objects invented for purposes similar to this, but this is something different. This could be something really big. In the near future this will make a lot of money and be really successful.
I think that this is an amazing invention. If sold in stores across the world, it could make a big impact. But what happens if the cane breaks, and can no longer use the wavelengths?
It is really awesome how this kid (Raghav Ganesh) invented something that will change the world. The cane idea is a great one because in benefits many blind people around the world. I think that this would be a great eCYBERMISSION experiment and the engineering seems really thought out.
A cane that can see, what a project! I definitely agree with everything that the article said. Dragging a cane back and forth while you walk cannot be so efficient sometimes. Heaven help you if you lose the cane. Most of the things that really delay a blind person from getting from one place to another place is an elevated object. The idea that you can only tap the ground a few times every while instead of having to drag it everywhere with you is a great idea. How to blind people go to sleep every night and wake up? It probably takes time for them to find their cane. If you care commenting after this, then can you please answer that question. Also, this was done by a seventh grader! I definitely agree with Raghav that a narrow field of view is very helpful. If you do not need to worry about things around you, why make it on a device?
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