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Will 'Smart Cane' Render Seeing-Eye Dogs Obsolete?

Seeing-eye dogs may soon be looking for work as ordinary house pets, thanks to the development of a new "smart" walking cane. An engineering professor and his five students at Central Michigan University have developed a cane with a navigational system to aid the visually impaired. According to Newsvine, the Smart Cane uses Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology (the same technology ...