| Steven Gasior
Blind Navigation
| Division: | Health Sciences | | Category: | Intermediate | | Region: | Peel | | City: | Mississauga, ON | | School: | St. Joseph S.S. | | Abstract: | An apparatus named URNS “ultrasonic ranging navigation system” uses an array of ten head mounted sensors that scans a 180-degree arc and can measure distances up to 3 meters. This information is relayed to the person using a stereo tone with time delays to simulate natural human echolocation abilities. This provides vision impaired individuals or professions the ability to better navigate their surroundings. |
| Awards | Value | S.M. Blair Family Foundation Award
Intermediate
Sponsor: S.M. Blair Family Foundation | $750.00 | Canadian Acoustical Association Award
Sponsor: Canadian Acoustical Association | $500.00 | The University of Western Ontario Scholarship
Bronze Medallist - $1000 Entrance Scholarship
Sponsor: University of Western Ontario | $1 000.00 | Bronze Medal - Engineering
Intermediate
Sponsor: Youth Science Foundation Canada | $300.00 | | Total | $2 550.00 | |
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