“Cruise Control for Pedestrians” Max Pfeiffer, Tim Dunte, Stefan Schneegass, Florian Alt, Michael Rohs

If only Thales of Miletus had this on…
Researchers from Universities of Hannover, Stuttgart and Munich in Germany propose a navigation system that remove intermediaries and goes straight to our muscles to tell them which way to move.
One way we can see this applied is on precise exercising or situations where our sensorial capabilities lack precision such as low visibility.  And many other uses would come along, not the least for people whose health and safety would greaty benefit from it.
Yet in a world in growing competition of our limited visual awareness, this could well be a step towards freeing this highly demanded information channel.   One would not need to loog to a map to find it’s way to the store.  Stores would drive consummers to itself while consummers can watch their new favorite marketing embeded entertainment.

 

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