> Self driving vehicles are the next step, we just do not know > yet when and how to make it safe enough Someone suggested to me the other day that wheelchairs and walkers could be made to suit eg the partially-sighted. My first thought was the follow-the-white-line kind of robot. As well as automatically following a line - if powered -, could also / instead provide tactile feedback to the user (eg cellphone vibrator) so they could steer it manually in their own time Joe --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .