Mapping With Clicks

July 30, 2013

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Illustration: A visualization of echolocation

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ChimpLearnGood

Mapping With Clicks

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Brian Bushway is blind and uses echolocation, a soft clicking sound, to orient himself. He says it allows him to identify the spatial relationships between objects and find a path to move in. He became legally blind when he was 14 and now teaches this technique to interested blind people.

Music:

"Lookout for Hope" by Jerry Douglas; "Latin Flavour" by Funkanzazenji

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