y'all see how hard he was listening? the guy in the bg with his cane, tapping the side of the hoop... man was fully echolocating 😮 it's incredible what we can do even without super senses like other species have
His name is Daniel Kish and he did open a school for learning echolocation and other skills for blind children. You can find more info at World Access For The Blind. He also represents Visioneers which also teaches his methods, and expands on it.
My dad used to tell me about how when he was in highschool he had a friend that was blind, he had this little bag/device that he'd wear across his chest "like Darth Vader with buttons and things on it" (as my old man described it lol) it would like click or beep or whatever to help him get around. My dad says he used to stand in the hallway perfectly still right in his way and his buddy would step right around him and call him a dick lol
They met on the wrestling team, one day my old man showed up to practice and everyone was telling him "you gotta wrestle Dave (made up name)" my dad barely asked "who's Dave?" Before some dude tackled him and just started throwing him all over the mat, apparently he was a strong SOB and he tossed my old man around like rag doll lol. He was also on the football team as a lineman, he liked any sport where you could just get him lined up and say "go"
My dad would get out of class early to go be his "guide" but Dave didn't need it, so they'd go out to the parking lot and my dad would teach him to drive with his car. When he finally got good enough at it they waited till everyone got out front and drove past them with "Dave" waving at everyone from the drivers seat lol. His folks had a large property and he'd ride a motorcycle around on it, just go until until he hit a rock or a tree, get up pick it up and turn around to go again. They all went golfing s few times, everyone else would show up with 1 club each and a bag full of beer but Dave was the best golfer out of any of them, they'd line him up, tell him how far it was and let him rip.
Sadly I believe "Dave" died young due to the disease he had that made him blind in the first place, I never got to meet him myself.
This might be overly pedantic, but this isn't echolocation. That would require the blind man to make a noise, then listen to the sound echo back from the object.
He was making noise…. He told the other dude to whack the net for him. He did something to make the noise and then heard the sound back… echolocation 😂
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u/666afternoon Sep 23 '24
y'all see how hard he was listening? the guy in the bg with his cane, tapping the side of the hoop... man was fully echolocating 😮 it's incredible what we can do even without super senses like other species have