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people play badly a vision impaired to protect the blind. today on tech night some of the latest innovations making it easier to help people with sight problems navigate a complex well if you want to grab a basket they're just laid out there for you. and even enjoy office again through a gentle touch i mean for so many people that i met that were really your creation this and later as populations age and then patents become the prevalent a new study to determine what technology is needed in the future to ensure that people can live independent behind thankful i'm happy we really need to figure out ways to better help people as they age as they develop various chronic conditions and do it in a way that optimizes or call your life a scientific net into the crystal ball of aging this is techno to show. about

innovations that can change life we're going to explore the intersection of hardware and humanity and we're doing it in a unique way this is a show about science by scientists. new york city. an intersection similar to many around the world city streets often a confusing maze of speeding vehicles to live moving masses of people who assume a tenuous to navigate inside routes traffic lights cross works in construction sites i'm challenging for most people but the complexity of this intersection increases dramatically for those with limited visibility or for those who are blind . techno stuck to crystal reports that are getting

a major metropolitan city is difficult no matter where you are but the visually impaired find it especially difficult now new technologies are being developed that can help even the playing. technology really really useful at the same time it's not like technology is just doing everything for me you know it's helping need to do things myself 28 year old lindsey yeah you know of boston massachusetts business new york city often blind since birth years of training enable her to navigate these busy streets i'm using a cane and it's essentially a glorified you know stick but it does its job very well and new technology doesn't need to replace things but it can certainly enhance what i'm able to do 23rd street and 7th avenue is a new york city department of transportation pilot intersection for new technology . in 2011. the city installed the 1st a.p.s.

pedestrian signal here. today of the 12460 intersections controlled by traffic lights in new york city 209 now have a.p.'s and the number increases by 75 each year. the beeping boxes are helpful especially when you have an intersection that's a little more dicey it tells me that ok the light did just change so i can go i should go now as long as it sounds see if these devices while improving the safety aspect of crossing streets are currently in need of an innovative update re orks city discovered that after they had installed these devices that people people were still having difficulty crossing the street because of the increased complexity with the introduction of dedicated bike and bus lanes so they came up with the idea of actually adding a map to the song in this intersection

a printed tactile diagram is being tested at the excessive book the test room signal recently some new innovations in printing have made it possible to create very low cost talk to all graphic and brutal songs that are durable enough to put outside lindsey demonstrates the tactile math to passer by george this is also blind so if you feel the braille at the very top it says west when he 1st street so that's the street that would be crossing this this line is showing the direction of travel these arrows you're a lanes of traffic so you have us believe you have you know fully waynes of traffic where the cars are going you know from your left you're right there's a why here for 0. 00 you are here yeah right now you know what to expect in the past 3 days yes ok yeah steve landau says this is the 1st step in

making traffic signals more interactive future generations of science he says will actually have a verbal function and it'll say car or bus or cross walk so by adding speech. and interactive aspects of those. we could really be universally accessible i think the most exciting potential is technology that takes into account the skill that a person already has and then fills in the gaps and also to do different kinds of things that maybe aren't as easy for me to do now. the. next year lead agrees blind since age 8 today at $33.00 he's a u.s. paralympic athletic champion who currently holds the long jump world record. while

his athletic abilities put him at the top of his sport some complex and even common tasks sighted people take for granted often challenge him we met lax at a supermarket in ocean beach california how difficult is it for you to navigate with someone like you would take take for granted as a mundane tasks like shopping i think is one of those things where a lot of times our stores will have a. customer service area so i would go to that that would require me to have a specific list of items and there are those times where. you want to learn more about the product you want to learn what types of ingredients are in them and maybe you want to make a better selection i'm going to fleece so you know a lot of times on very particular about what goes into my body recently lex sidestep the help desk for something decidedly more high tech today he shopping

with ira i like thanks for calling i wrote this is eric. the grocery store. and interested in picking up a couple things what are you looking for today you know i am interested in getting . thank you callers for sour already so i might scan to your head around so i can take it. ok so the cash registers are to the left the where the produce is your all ready i see the produce market is to the right hand side of lex is not shopping alone he's connected in real time to an agent assistant who could be hundreds of miles away from him but his feeling exactly where he is. is the manager the agent operations what does it mean to be an ira agent it means that we get to assist the blind with their day to day tasks and give them more independence and freedom so as cited folks kind of

take for granted just jumping in the car and running to the grocery store to pick up a simple item and getting back home now with the use of ira they can really incorporate that and just jump on public transportation or an hour and run to the grocery store with outside it assistance it's 2 humans one bed in the book one person sitting in front of a computer connected through technology and acting as an individual to do it back as to do an activity. you know experience something beautiful here's how the system works sparc glasses with a built in camera is paired with an app on the user's phone when they want to systems they press a button and via cellular service they're connected to an agent who is currently using this technology are called explorers and agencies the video in real time streaming in from the glasses that the explorer is wearing their g.p.s. location an awful profile on the user back in the supermarket lexus navigating the produce area there's a child with

a car he's stocking the bananas he just goes so if you wanted to step forward here . what car is going to be here on the right and then we're directly in front of the right ok so i see. her potatoes and i see what i believe are a cucumber. if you want to extend a hand you'll feel. what seat there will be potatoes on the top and then the 2nd row down i will be cucumbers so you'll get your hand to the camera if you don't mind till to your chin to your chest slightly so the video drops down yeah ok perfect you've got a cucumber in your hand to me teaching like how to tuck their chin to their chest which is not you know it's a kind of an awkward movement for someone who doesn't have vision is to look down to the floor and look up to the ceiling so then you really build that report on the teamwork that's so interesting that those movements i would take for granted because that's how i explore my space wouldn't really be necessary yeah it's interesting because when you say look down like to them they're like well i am

looking down but if you say tuck your chin to your chest that gives it more that more just that little bit more description really tells them exactly how far to look down if you'll take your to chin slightly down go down one row. yes and that's the caesar supreme at your fingers. thank you so it's got to keep those crew times thrusting in there and the permanent cheese as well. now. are you still interested in a tomato. please ok let's take a peek around so typically tomatoes aren't refrigerated so if you want to turn do you have full turn around the trees over all i want to eat ok so you don't see any tomatoes here and on the other side we're on the end so let's head towards the right hand side. and if your pa's here and turn your skin your head ok great i see tomatoes on the high art that's on your left hand side so if you were to move over

a couple of steps they're actually at the very end this case here the tomatoes are on your right hand side so well now that you're out there on the left hand side. down this one so pas here and i believe if you want to extend your hand now directly in front of you. these are either apples or tomatoes. or. this feels like a tomato ok and if you'll just tuck your chin slightly that sure is a tomato so it's a red meat oh i don't see. welts or colds and while grocery shopping is just one small task in lex's life he uses this technology for more complex situations like traveling through airports or visiting major cities for the 1st time so for me there are those times where you want to have that specific information you want as many details as possible and so you know for example i went to vegas was like you know what i want to go out. to the streets of. and.

you know they were able to navigate me around i'm walking around on the street it was really is an amazing amazing experience because i just felt really empowered and. before we do have you know low thousands of people who are using this obvious explosives we've. pretty much into the hands of you know every line in the grand task since there is the cost to using this technology the subscription radio is from $89.00 some. $329.00 now at the higher and the $29.00 limit or use of service the glasses for free data is free they don't pay for the data. usage and we also include insurance associated with the glasses. because they are stevie's the purple flowers and 3 sunflowers here and

a couple of dried flowers as well as roses i'm not sure if there are records. already so if you want to move to the check out why. around this flower stand so you'll want to forward a few steps and then turn to the left. it's refined every week. we're exploring the news for a new environments knew everything that i. have not seen in the. exploration process it's amazing when. we have that technology available to us this is a boon for point we're right now in technology there is so much going to help people. it's phenomenal it's way better than i was when i was younger meat lover

dennis perot since becoming blind later in life he gave up visiting museums until today a new scientist famously proposed that there were 9 ways that our brains help us to appreciate visual art but how do you appreciate a painting that you can't see the answer might be here at the san diego museum of art they're taking an innovative approach to making art accessible to the visually impaired dennis is here to experience a masterpiece specially designed for the visually impaired. museum associate curator michael brown describes the original we're standing in front of one sanchez cotyledons masterpiece the still life with quince cabbage cucumber and melon it was painted in 16 o 2 into late 0 in spain and it is a groundbreaking example of still life painting at the very earliest decorated of the of the 17th so what makes it so special this painting was

a really pioneering depiction of a 3 dimensional illusion so he's using in 2 dimensions he is creating an imaginary tactile experience do you think it's possible to you. to give that same impression to someone that able to visually see this painting absolutely because i think that that one of the one of the ways that we interact best with with the public and of all different abilities is telling stories and the stories help to bring works of art to life and although we can't touch this painting itself we can touch the replica and filled with those stories understand it in 2014 we had this made. so that people who can see this painting can still experience it so tell me how this rug has different from the real thing so 1st of all you can touch it right and

when you look at the real thing you're going to want to touch it which is exactly what dennis perowne did for the 1st time today this creates just. like that. 'd pays for the leg. fine to be a stand time. notices the slope of the lower right hand side of. the painter's wanted to show the crypt exactly as it appeared here clearly to perfection i don't think you feel better fracture. the ground rests on the wing tips near the painting the rough exterior skin of the bow and wraps around the lower portion some of the roof several slice through. one of the slides can be found sitting on the reduced to the right very. front page has been sliced from the moment slapped noticed the rough texture of the rock salt right to

. drink so. i went past it does the repetition help trick the out so you strive to shift yes it does but they still this with. your thoughts of your spirits are you know there's a rough being here and i don't know what that's represented in your true form i think i think what you're touching is the it's rust in this model but in real life it would be very soft and that sort of pulpy cannot mean anything with e.c. ok that's what i'm having and we're making it difficult the 2nd time you explored the painting you are starting to add sort of layers to the experience after you've gone through the entire thing once do you think that the same is true for tactile models of paintings in general would be more experienced as hell that's a good question there could be there's a 1st time i've done anything like this and i was crying trying to block out the you know the narration so that i was actually experiencing myself it actually did get better that's for sure but how important is it for these efforts to be made for

art galleries to be creating things like this for people like you i think it's crucial i think there are so many people that i've met that would really appreciate this these are just a few of the accessibility technologies currently in use and as our population age more innovation is needed to meet the demands of people who become impaired as they get older we pick up that part of the story in portland oregon. a major study called current collaborative aging research using technology from the national institutes of health is currently underway to assess accessibility strategies for senior citizens so they can extend their ability to live independently as part of the study over $200.00 senior citizen households across the united states are wired with activity trackers will start at the home of beverly healing ok beverly so we're we're in your home and you're wired up here with

a lot of sensors tell me what we have well as we come in the door and there's a sensor on the door which simply means the door's been open and it's assumed that somebody is coming and going 82 year old beverly healey is a volunteer test subject in a study looking at what happens in the home as we age and what excess ability strategies can be created in the future to remain independent for longer her home has over 20 sensors monitoring her every move. dr jeffrey k. of oregon health and science university is the principal investigator of the study if you ask people what they want to have happen to them as they get older 90 percent 99 percent will say i want to stay in my home or where i want to be as i get older on the other hand of course people say that because they fear going to a nursing home if you're developing alzheimer's disease which is actually now the most feared. condition in america wow so we really need to

figure out ways to better help people as they age as they develop various chronic conditions fill in the ceiling going down the hall you'll see a series of motion detectors that say how fast i'm walking this is my usual gait and if that should show slow appreciably they would notice that and they'd say something's wrong really it's not moving as fast as she usually does and she's lost her energy what's happening we are integrating multiple types of data that comes in 247. that reflects real day to day function across the the main things that make a difference in people's lives so what we're able to nurture or monitor with the technologies are things like mobility sleep cognitive function so in here is my pill box which is monitored by the modem on my computer and when i open

it up in the morning or new you need to take my fills that registers on the computer so you've got pills for every day of the week here yes and it's just getting a sense of whether or not you open the yes not necessarily if you took it i guess but no there's no way they could know that but they can know that i've come to the pill box i built it up and i stand taking the pills out and one of them thomas reilly is an information technology systems architect at oregon health and science university i develop the software and work our servers collects the data from the sensors and brings it back and stores it now can you show me some of the information that you're getting sort of so right here we have display from our database so is the sensor identifier and this is the timestamp here you can see she's not present in that room so the 30 says not present 30 says not present an answer a here at this time stamp she becomes present in the room was chosen for 10 seconds and then comes back and a couple 3 seconds later it's present 10 seconds so this is just one sensor in

medicine changes everything and most change we detect is by self report you go to a doctor's office and what does the doctor do they ask you a series of questions do you take your medications or you exercising how are you sleeping and we all do our best to try to understand that but it's very hard and we know from our own studies that people actually are rather inaccurate in fact in how they are able to report with the data that we get we're able to get the actual data and then you can imagine going forward that if you were to come. to a doctor's office imagine that instead of asking you all these questions not only just were known but it's the real information is the actual events that are happening and then the appointment would be spent more in providing care and counseling as opposed to questioning where do you see some of the innovations what's on the horizon in terms of accessibility for the elderly and senior citizens

there will be a natural shift to more comfort in just having technology around and using it voice recognition continues to to advance quite rapidly so the interface for how you conduct. interviews. how you interact with technology in general is very rapidly changing the data they're collecting is helpful as it's grouped with data they're collecting from other people just like me who are also contributing to the program and that somewhere years from now or months from now the data that they're collecting and assimilating will create a pattern of aging for people who are 20 years younger than i am and feel happy about it that's it for now i'm dr should we say mara see you next time on techno.

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