Experimental GPS Helmet Yanks Lobes In The Right Direction

GPS — 27 October 2009
Experimental GPS Helmet Yanks Lobes In The Right Direction

GPS Helmet Ear Tugger

GPS has come along way in the last 10 years, so it’s really no surprise to see unorthodox products start to emerge around the technology.  Enter the GPS Navigation Helmet.  Instead of announcing your turn-by-turn directions, clips attached to each ear lobe tug on the corresponding ear to convey left or right.  While the technology is far from practical for the everyday communicator, the implications for the visually impaired are most certainly interesting.

[via Popsci]

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Grew up back East, got sick of the cold and headed West. Since I was small I have been pushing buttons - both electronic and human. With an insatiable need for tech I thought "why not start a blog focusing on technology, and use my dislikes and likes to post on gadgets."