<feed version="0.3" xml:lang="en-us" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><generator>Plime/1</generator><title>Hybrid too quiet for the blind : ATOM 0.3</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/"/><tagline>Hybrid too quiet for the blind : ATOM 0.3</tagline><author><name>www.plime.com</name><email>plime@plime.com</email></author><copyright>2009, www.plime.com.</copyright><modified>2009-11-23T17:39:26+01:00</modified><entry><title><![CDATA[Hybrid too quiet for the blind]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/technology/l/12264/1/" /><id>12264</id><summary><![CDATA[Hybrid too quiet for the blind]]></summary><issued>2007-03-05T07:28:16+01:00</issued><modified>2007-03-05T07:28:16+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[For years, people have moaned about how noisy cars can be, but you would never imagine that people would complain if cars were too quiet. That is exactly what Cheryl Martin, the director from the Lilac Blind Foundation, has been doing.]]></content></entry><hr size='1' class='line' noshade/><div style='padding-top:20px;height:300px;margin-right:10px;float:left;'><script type="text/javascript"><!--
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People readily see faces and traits in cars, and a new study suggests that they prefer cars to appear dominant, masculine and angry.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Blind man sees wife for first time after having a TOOTH implanted into his eye]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/science/l/126670/1/" /><id>126670</id><summary><![CDATA[Blind man sees wife for first time after having a TOOTH implanted into his eye]]></summary><issued>2009-07-04T10:51:18+01:00</issued><modified>2009-07-04T10:51:18+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[When Martin Jones met his wife four years ago, he never imagined that one day he would get to see what she looked like. The 42-year-old builder was left blind after an accident at work more than a decade ago.<br/><br/>But a remarkable operation - which implants part of his tooth in his eye -  has now pierced his world of darkness. 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Here are the top 10 concepts cars that we can't wait to buy.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[The Baddest-A** Police Cars You'll See All Day]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/10576/1/" /><id>10576</id><summary><![CDATA[The Baddest-A** Police Cars You'll See All Day]]></summary><issued>2007-02-11T12:23:18+01:00</issued><modified>2007-02-11T12:23:18+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Gallery of cool police cars you don't want to see in your rear-view mirror.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Siafu, The PC for Blind People]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/technology/l/53920/1/" /><id>53920</id><summary><![CDATA[Siafu, The PC for Blind People]]></summary><issued>2008-03-11T17:55:15+01:00</issued><modified>2008-03-11T17:55:15+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[I've never seen anything like this, it looks incredible. 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Hollywood, throughout the years, has recognized that an awesome set of wheels can boost viewer ratings or ticket sales. A lot of times they&#8217;re driven at high speeds or in ridiculous situations, and that makes them all the more spectacular.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Ten Weird, Wild &amp; Wonderful Japanese Cars We Never Got to Buy]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/37675/1/" /><id>37675</id><summary><![CDATA[Ten Weird, Wild &amp; Wonderful Japanese Cars We Never Got to Buy]]></summary><issued>2007-10-08T07:59:08+01:00</issued><modified>2007-10-08T07:59:08+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Some of the best Japanese cars never made the trip across the ocean. 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The extraordinary technology takes pictures filmed by a tiny camera and turns the information into electrical pulses which can be felt on the tongue.<br/><br/>    Tests show that the nerves send messages to the brain which turn these tingles back into pictures.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Audio Labels for Blind People on Products]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/technology/l/133400/1/" /><id>133400</id><summary><![CDATA[Audio Labels for Blind People on Products]]></summary><issued>2009-09-21T04:40:54+01:00</issued><modified>2009-09-21T04:40:54+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[A device that allows blind people to attach and read audio labels on everyday objects has gone on show.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Navigation Helmet Creates Sound Maps for the Blind]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/130290/1/" /><id>130290</id><summary><![CDATA[Navigation Helmet Creates Sound Maps for the Blind]]></summary><issued>2009-08-09T16:39:23+01:00</issued><modified>2009-08-09T16:39:23+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Researchers at the University of Bristol have developed a helmet that helps visually impaired people make use of echolocation to find their way around:<br/><br/>    The system takes real-time imagery of local obstacles, be they stairs, walls, or trees, as well as moving objects like cars and other people, and alerts the wearer using the sounds perfected in an  echolocation system.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Most expensive cars of 2006]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/world/l/8904/1/" /><id>8904</id><summary><![CDATA[Most expensive cars of 2006]]></summary><issued>2007-01-11T12:00:10+01:00</issued><modified>2007-01-11T12:00:10+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[It is a pleasure to see a gorgeous expensive car on the street, it is a bigger pleasure to drive one, but is it real to own one?]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Hybrid Technology for Rent]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/technology/l/2745/1/" /><id>2745</id><summary><![CDATA[Hybrid Technology for Rent]]></summary><issued>2006-10-11T13:03:17+01:00</issued><modified>2006-10-11T13:03:17+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Fox rent a car offers discounted rentals on hybrid cars.]]></content></entry></feed>