Walking gloves

If you ever forget to park your car or have trouble finding something in the supermarket, a high-tech glove will help.

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The gloves developed by specialists at the University of Helsinki (Finland) use vibration signals to guide users to the objects they are looking for. Experts say the special glove has a wide range of uses, from helping consumers find the goods they need in the supermarket to finding their car in a large, even car park. Can be combined with GPS (Global Positioning System) on mobile phones to guide travelers to desired destinations.

In order to have such functions, the experts combined the "computer vision" technique, an algorithm that accurately measures the distance and direction of the target and the vibration sensors for the glove to guide. the user to the object of interest.

Experimenting on hundreds of people looking for goals in complex locations such as libraries or supermarkets shows the use of glove-equipped navigation systems and vibration sensors to find targets three times as fast. when not using this device.