{"id":12106,"date":"2016-10-10T13:09:39","date_gmt":"2016-10-10T17:09:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/embedded-lab.com\/blog\/?p=12106"},"modified":"2016-10-10T13:09:39","modified_gmt":"2016-10-10T17:09:39","slug":"smart-stick-visually-impaired","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/embedded-lab.com\/blog\/smart-stick-visually-impaired\/","title":{"rendered":"Smart stick for visually impaired"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.4duino.com\/assistance-for-visually-impaired-featuring-4duino-24\/\" target=\"_blank\">project article<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.instructables.com\/member\/4D+Systems\/\" target=\"_blank\">4D Systems<\/a> describes how to build a smart stick that uses sonar to guide visually impaired.\u00a0It uses <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.4dsystems.com.au\/product\/4Duino_24\/\" target=\"_blank\">4Duino<\/a><\/strong>, which is an Arduino\u00a0compatible computer board with built in 240&#215;320 resolution TFT LCD Display and Wi-Fi capabilities. The stick consists of three ultrasonic sensors that can sense obstacles in three directions (left, right and front) within a distance\u00a0of 400 cm. When an obstacle is detected within the range, the user is notified with the activation of a\u00a0vibration motor. Because 4Duino is WiFi enabled, the user can also send text messages to a web browser for help in emergency situations by simply tapping the TFT screen.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_12107\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/embedded-lab.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/stick.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12107\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12107\" src=\"http:\/\/embedded-lab.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/stick.jpg\" alt=\"Smart stick for visually impaired\" width=\"600\" height=\"326\" srcset=\"https:\/\/embedded-lab.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/stick.jpg 600w, https:\/\/embedded-lab.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/stick-580x315.jpg 580w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-12107\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Smart stick for visually impaired<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This project article\u00a0from 4D Systems describes how to build a smart stick that uses sonar to guide visually impaired.\u00a0It uses 4Duino, which is an Arduino\u00a0compatible computer board with built in 240&#215;320 resolution TFT LCD Display and Wi-Fi capabilities. The stick consists of three ultrasonic sensors that can sense obstacles in three directions (left, right and front) within a distance\u00a0of 400 cm. When an obstacle is detected within the range, the user is notified with the activation of a\u00a0vibration motor. Because 4Duino is WiFi enabled, the user can also send text messages to a web browser for help in emergency situations<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12107,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[150,939],"tags":[1489,1490],"class_list":["post-12106","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arduino-2","category-sensor-watch","tag-smart-stick","tag-visually-impaired"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/embedded-lab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12106","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/embedded-lab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/embedded-lab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/embedded-lab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/embedded-lab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12106"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/embedded-lab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12106\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12109,"href":"https:\/\/embedded-lab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12106\/revisions\/12109"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/embedded-lab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12107"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/embedded-lab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12106"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/embedded-lab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12106"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/embedded-lab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12106"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}