PARAGRAPH 1 : Many believe driving is an activity...

What do most people think is impossible?

Dennis Hong and his team are trying to build what?

PARAGRAPH 2 : So before I talk about this car for the blind...

PARAGRAPH 3: So to test this crazy idea...

Professor Hong’s team won 3rd place in the DARPA challence because they built what kind of car?

What kind of vehicle did the NFB want?

Who came and drove the prototype?

What was the limitation of the prototype?

デニス・ホン 「視覚障害者が運転できる車を作る」

Dennis Hong: Making a car for blind drivers

http://www.ted.com

First Name: ____________ Last Name: ____________ Student #: ____________ Group: ____________

Dennis Hong

PARAGRAPH 4 : So with this success...

PARAGRAPH 5 : So all this vast amount of information...

PARAGRAPH 6 : Now the first interface is called a DriveGrip...

What was the next big step?

What two kinds of units did Dennis use to estimate the location of the car?

What did they use to find the lanes of the road?

What is the purpose of the 3 laser range finders?

What does the vibration in the knuckles of DriveGrip tell the driver?

What does the vibration in SpeedStrip tell the driver?

Why did the researchers add red LED lights?

The computer does two things...p___________ the information and c_____________ the information to the driver.

What problem did the team have to overcome?

PARAGRAPH 7 : So these two devices, DriveGrip and SpeedStrip...

PARAGRAPH 8 : So just a month ago...

PARAGRAPH 9 : There's the grandstand now...

Do DriveGrip and SpeedStrip work well?

What is the problem with these two technologies?

How can blind people “see” the road with AirPix?

What do blind people use first to learn how to drive with AirPix?

Was Mark able to go around the boxes?

Was he able to safely pass the van?

How was Mark feeling?

When and where did Dennis’ team debut their car for the blind?

PARAGRAPH 11 : But still, will the society...

What questions is Dr. Hong believe still need answers?

Is Dr. Hong’s research only important for blind people?

Where could AirPix and the other technology the team has developed be useful besides in a car?

What does Dr. Hong say to the people who are really worried about the idea of blind people driving on the road?

PARAGRAPH 10 : DH: So since we started this project...