# Making a car for blind drivers

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED2011
- Speaker: Dennis Hong
- Year: 2011
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Art, architecture and design
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/dennis_hong_making_a_car_for_blind_drivers)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Using robotics, laser rangefinders, GPS and smart feedback tools, Dennis Hong is building a car for drivers who are blind. It's not a "self-driving" car, he's careful to note, but a car in which a non-sighted driver can determine speed, proximity and route -- and drive independently.

## Lectures

1. [Making a car for blind drivers](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/dennis_hong_making_a_car_for_blind_drivers/fa225503acd8), 9 min (TED's player)