technology - Blind Confidential

Check out Blind  Confidential and this post on the upcoming CSUN technology conference.  Lots of funny goodness like the below.  . It’s worth wile and I’ve taken a snippety from this post to encourage you to pop over.  This is really technology for the visually impaired and satire done amazingly well.

‘Mike Mountain, Chief Technologist at Porpoise Systems in the UK, announced an interesting
genetic engineering project that they will demonstrate on the Los Angeles beaches
during the conference.  “We realized that guide dogs had a major limitation,” said
Mike, “they did poorly in aquatic environments.”  So, they came up with an incredible
solution.  “This year, we will be demonstrating the alpha test version of the first
ever guide dolphin.”
According to Mike, Porpoise Systems has engineered a bottle nosed dolphin that can
speak human languages and has a handle on its back.  “The lovely critters ask the
blind swimmer where he wants to go, swiftly brings him there and lets the rider sit
on his back while fishing.”  Mike continued to explain that the final version, due
out in 2009, will have Braille dots on the back of the dolphin’s head for the deaf-blind
rider, rod holders and even a built in beer cooler and tackle tray.  Bubba Clemson,
salt water writer for Field and Stream said, “This may be the greatest advancement
in sport fishing since the advent of the DOA Shrimp lure.  A dolphin can bring a
fisherman directly to the best fishing holes and far outperform a Wal-Mart sonar
device for finding game fish.  Sure they are meant for blind people but I want one
too.”