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Sponsored Links Autonomous vehicle technology promises a vast array of benefits, including numerous advantages for the visually impaired. Now, General Motors’ autonomous vehicle subsidiary, Cruise, is raising awareness by sponsoring Dan Parker in the 2021 Blind Driver Challenge. The 2021 Blind Driver Challenge is put on by National Federation of the Blind (NFB) as a means of bringing attention to the achievements of blind people and to work to break down barriers in mobility. This year’s Challenge puts Parker, who lost his sight in 2012, behind the wheel of his custom-built 2008 Chevy Cor...

800-HP Chevy Corvette to Assist Blind Racer Attempting 210-MPH Record This Year 14 Apr 2021, 9:45 UTC · by Dan Parker, aka The Blind Machinist, has an incredible life story. He was blinded in a horrific drag racing incident back in 2012 and continues to race to this very day. Better yet, he’s taking part in the 2021 Blind Driver Challenge and, later this year, will attempt to nail the Guinness Book World Record for the “ Fastest Speed for a Car Driven Blindfolded.” 10 photos Born into a family imbued with adrenaline in its DNA, Dan Parker became a racer just like his father. Unfo...

AVs have many potential benefits to society, ranging from fewer road fatalities to better fuel economy. Blind people like me, however, have particular reason to be enthusiastic about them.

“Joe”, a pigeon that reached Australia from the US, perches on the roof of a house in Melbourne on Jan 15. — Reuters A pigeon that Australia declared a biosecurity risk may get a reprieve after a US bird organisation declared its identifying leg band was fake. The band suggested the bird found in a Melbourne backyard on Dec 26 was a racing pigeon that had left the US state of Oregon, 13,000 kilometres away, two months earlier. On that basis, Australian authorities on Thursday said they considered the bird a disease risk and planned to kill it. But Deone Roberts, sport development manage...