Arron
Newbie level 4
blind man running
Hello,
I'm helping out a blind man who likes to sprint. What he needs is a device that tells him how fast he is running and makes sure he is running in the right direction.
What I have planned on the direction side are two vibrating motors connected to either hand which turn on if he is going too far to the left/right accordingly. I get the direction from a compass ( so someone needs to be with him initially to set the direction). I will also have a spoken interface text-synthesis chip hooked up to an 8052.
The problem I am now facing is speed and distance measurement. Remember he is sprinting so can't really have anything trailing behind him on wheels unless absolutely necessary.
Any ideas?
-thanks, arron
Hello,
I'm helping out a blind man who likes to sprint. What he needs is a device that tells him how fast he is running and makes sure he is running in the right direction.
What I have planned on the direction side are two vibrating motors connected to either hand which turn on if he is going too far to the left/right accordingly. I get the direction from a compass ( so someone needs to be with him initially to set the direction). I will also have a spoken interface text-synthesis chip hooked up to an 8052.
The problem I am now facing is speed and distance measurement. Remember he is sprinting so can't really have anything trailing behind him on wheels unless absolutely necessary.
Any ideas?
-thanks, arron