News
Are you following the UltraCane yet? If not, why not follow now and read the great articles that are being published about the UltraCane:
BBC Summer of Wildlife
We are so excited to be a part of the BBC Summer of Wildlife kicking off in Cardiff on the 15th June 2013 at the National Museum of Wales. The UltraCane will be demonstrated at the event and visitors can try the UltraCane round an obstacle course. Our "UltraBike" will also be featured at the event and talks will be given detailing what Bats and UltraCanes have in common??? Yes you guessed it, "Echolocation". We will have free giveaways for the children and families who participate. For more information on the BBC roadshow events, please see here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/thingstodo/activity/bbc-summer-of-wildlife-activities-and-stage-shows/occurrence/273914
Malaysian Association for the Blind - UltraCane Presentation
http://www.ultracane.com/download/The Handover Ceremony of UltraCane to the MAB.pdf
Listen to Alessandra Stefani talking with Brian Hoyle about the development of the UltraCane
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWfsmbdOD_c
Eureka Magazine - "Sight through Sound"
Read on page 39-40 how Dr Paul Clark - Comms Design re-designed and re-developed the UltraCane to help blind and visually impaired people safely negotiate the modern world.
http://www.eurekamagazine.co.uk/eureka-online-magazine/2565
Bristol student lost his sight overnight just like his twin brother:
Blind Brothers Test Drive the Successor to the 'White Stick'
http://ukhealthradio.blogspot.co.uk/
Guide Dogs Queensland (GDQ) - Australia
Secures Australia - First Technology for its UltraCane Clients. Read more here on page 4.
http://www.guidedogsqld.com.au/icms_docs/149348_GDQ_News_Summer_2013.pdf
Article written by MaMoMi Initiative under Links
Section 9.
http://www.mamomiinitiative.com/Links(2386627).htm
Article by Andrew Leibs - Assistive Technology Guide
Insight Radio (RNIB) Tech-Talk Show
Listen to Insight Radio's Tech-Talk show all about the UltraCane featuring, Professor Brian Hoyle - the original inventor, Julie Davies from Sound Foresight Technology and Alan Thorpe, an UltraCane user from Sheffield talking about the UltraCane. http://insight-cdn1.phasebroadcast.net/Listen_Again/Listen_Again_Specials/Tech_Talk/2013-01-15_tech_talk_episode_24.mp3
Read what Geoff Madge has to say about his UltraCane in Disability Horizons magazine.
Listen to Julie Davies from Sound Foresight Technology talking to Rowland Myers from Infosound about the UltraCane.
Lucy Jones - Student at Newport University, South Wales, UK
Lucy Jones, 23, first trialled the UltraCane at an exhibition last year “and knew straightaway” the difference it would make to her life, both on and off campus. Read all about Lucy's story here:
Sarajevo Citizens Show Their Support for Disabled People
The UltraCane made a show in Sarajevo on the 3rd December 2012 at the International Day of Persons with Disabilities City Walk. The walk was supported by several hundred members of associations, federations and other organisations representing persons with disabilities. Organizers were the Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Policy and nongovernmental organizations of persons with disabilities in the Federation, the participants were led by people in wheelchairs. The route was through central city streets, from the Cathedral to the building of institutions of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Guide Dogs Queensland, Australia demonstrating the UltraCane at the Expo Mobility at Kingeroy's, Australia. http://southburnett.com.au/news2/2012/11/expo-more-than-just-dogs/
Dan Smith riding the "UltraBike".
Photo taken from the Miracles of Nature programme, 12th November 2012 presented by Richard Hammond. Dan Smith is completely blind but rides a bike through a woodland pathway using ultrasound to detect trees and other obstacles whilst cycling. The "UltraBike" uses the same ultrasound technology that is incorporated into the UltraCane and features components of the UltraCane in its design.
Miracles of Nature - Blind Cyclist, Dan Smith talks to Bristol University Press about his experience on the "UltraBike"........
http://www.bristol.ac.uk/news/2012/8933.html
Miracles of Nature - Harrogate company gives TV's Richard Hammond second sight......
http://www.harrogate-news.co.uk/2012/11/13/harrogate-company-gives-tvs-richard-hammond-second-sight/
Miracles of Nature - BBC1 - Monday 12th November 2012 at 9pm presented by Richard Hammond
Richard Hammond reveals secret animal abilities from the natural world and discovers how those same animals have inspired a series of unlikely human inventions at the very frontier of science. Programme 2 in the series looks at 'Super Senses' including how bats use ultrasound to detect pray and obstacles in their path and how this very same method is now being used in the UltraCane so that blind and visually impaired people can locate obstacles in their path and at head height, allowing them to travel more safely and confidently. See http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01nzd9t
Mr Mike Corbett - Orientation & Mobility Expert - North Carolina, USA
Mike Corbett July 2012 - PDF - 283kb
Mr Paul Warner - VICT Consultancy, Glasgow, United Kingdom www.vict-consultancy.co.uk
Paul Warner VICT Consultancy July 2012 - PDF - 324kb
East Suffolk Association for the Blind - December 2011 Newsletter
http://www.esab.org.uk/Newsletter-12-2011.pdf
Disability Horizons - Online Magazine
http://disabilityhorizons.com/21st-century-walking-sticks
Able Magazine - 4Star Rating for the "New" UltraCane
http://edition.pagesuite-professional.co.uk/launch.aspx?referral=other&pnum=&refresh=e07Y14Kc2Jx0&EID=49aeca96-93ff-4b35-99bd-51dd14b670b4&skip= See in particular Page 49 for product reviews.
Glasgow's Playback Magazine - Gordon Luke speaks to Julie Davies about the UltraCane
http://www.play-back.org.uk/March2012.html
Aidis Trust - Online Magazine
http://www.aidis.org/news-centre/ultracane-puts-blind-and-partially-sighted-users-streets-ahead.html
BBC News
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-15363976
Leeds University News Desk
http://www.engineering.leeds.ac.uk/faculty/news/2011/ultracane-gives-freedom-to-roam.shtml
Our Friends in Australia
Harrogate News
http://www.harrogate-news.co.uk/2011/10/08/york-company-re-develop-walking-cane-blind/
The York Press
Care Industry News
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UltraCane Exhibited in Germany
The new UltraCane was on display at the LWL - Museum fur Naturkinde (LWL State Museum of Natural History) in Munster, Germany until June 2012.
The exhibition was called "Biomimetics - Patents of Nature" and the UltraCane was featured as part of the Biomimicry exhibit.