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Great invention by Schoolgirls in the West Bank

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Asil Shaar and Nour Alarda, Nablus, West Bank, Palestine

When Asil Shaar and Nour Alarda observed the struggles of sight-impaired neighbors attempting to navigate the hills and war-torn streets of their hometown, Nablus, and find their way around the refugee camp where they lived, they decided to do something about it. They created an obstacle-detecting cane for the blind.

The process wasn’t easy, especially considering how difficult it was to obtain electronic parts such as sensors and circuits in the West Bank. The determined pair made multiple trips to Ramallah, about 45 minutes away and through two military checkpoints, to find the materials they needed to complete the task.

Though previous “laser canes” existed, these models were flawed in that they were unable to detect uneven surfaces or holes in the ground. In contrast, the girls’ design incorporates two infrared sensors into a pine walking stick, one front-facing and one down-facing, to detect both obstacles and drop-offs.

Great invention by Schoolgirls in the West Bank

jdbates says...

Intel has a great article on their circuit, this is awesome, if I were in the science fair with them I would want them to win! But the top winner was a girl who invented a way to kill cancer tumors by activating chemicals with photosynysized light to target the tumors using nano technology.

But for them to do what they did with limited resources, shows that there is no limit to human ingenuity.

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jdbates says...

I hate microsoft because of snake oil salesmen like him, They are the roman empire of the business world, the romans didnt innovate, they incorporated other culures ideas. For him to dis the iphone like that shows his lack of vision, which I feel accurately represents their company.

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I doubt any of the fox loyal news viewers would catch the mistake. If they(fox) repubs even want a chance in 2010 they shuld go with Huckabee. He's the only one I would consider voting for out of that bunch!

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jdbates says...

I live in portland, oregon where this happened, the dad was on the news, and talked about how he was crying. The lady who stayed with the boy is pretty typical of portlanders. It's a great city, not the first time people on the max have helped people when needed. Not enough stories like this in the news nowadays.

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jdbates says...

The terrible thing is these people think they have their own opinion,but they just blurt out talking points that they've heard somewhere(fox news, maybe).

If sarah palin runs, and I hope she does, she'll split the conservatives. I don't fully trust any of the cable news networks anymore. The new candidates need to give me a real reason to vote for them!

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jdbates says...

I thought it was a sign of luck or good fortune in asia, the nazi's stole the symbol from them, it was just another one of those cult things about the nazi's. Good thing they didnt pick the cross as a symbol( nothing to be implied there).

The nazi's supposedly spent as much money on cult research as we did on the manhatten project.

I think this is just amother cultural thing that most americans will never understand, god bless their ignorance!

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