Smartphone for the blind

Researchers in Pakistan say a smartphone application allows people with night blinds to track their location and alert them if they fall into unwanted situations at night, according to UPI. .

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The application helps to track the location of users and the distance traveled from home or a hotel, and can even identify the nearest hotel if they find themselves going too far 'base' to be able to come back safely.

Night travel is especially dangerous for people who are blindfolded - (Photo: AFP)

Chicken pox affects millions of people, making them difficult or impossible to observe in low light conditions. That could put them in danger at night when in a strange city or even in their home city.

Kamran Ahsan, Obaid Khan and Abdul Salam of Urdu College of Arts, Science and Technology in Karachi say that their application can help people with nightmares leave their homes safely when they know their phones. Watching the owner's actions and calculating the remaining hours of daylight and estimating the time it takes the person to return to the base before nightfall.

The application of Pakistani experts is geographically sensitive and knows the time of suns around the world, as well as access to online mapping software that can help people get in the way of shortcuts. return home or your hotel.

The results are published in the International Journal of Mobile Learning and Organization .