creator Baar, Coleman creator Freund, Ryan creator Kruse, Kevin creator Li, Li creator Ma, Zhi creator Murdock-barriball, Meghan creator Ng, Man creator Rehman, Mohammed creator Reilly, Jeffrey creator Turrentine, Lorne creator Yew, Hsuen creator Zhang, Bingjian The problem posed with blind and visually impaired (BVI) swimmers is one of safety and independence. BVI individuals need to be able to orientate themselves in a swimming pool and avoid obstructions like lane-lines, pool walls and other swimmers for a safe experience. Additionally, it is important to BVI swimmers to maintain their independence and maintain a low profile during this experience. The Buoy team will focus on the design, testing and implementation of assistive technology focused on a pool environment with continuous input and feedback from the BVI community. A current passive device created in previous IPROs will be field-tested in a BVI pool for the semester in order to identify failure-modes of the device and collect real-world BVI user feedback to discover areas for improvement. Additionally, two groups have been organized to assess the use of invisible-fence and ultrasound technology in the creation of new assistive technology. Surveys and interviews will be conducted with the BVI community on a continuous basis to ensure the Buoy team is meeting the needs of the market. Submitted by Vishal Patel (vpatel87@iit.edu) on 2011-01-21T22:00:01Z No. of bitstreams: 7 BUOYIPRO310ProjectPlanSp09.pdf: 252822 bytes, checksum: b63e60ac3fb0ea4c00e8f6e9b5dd3e4e (MD5) BUOYIPRO310Poster1Sp09.pdf: 5814510 bytes, checksum: d9713c31dc3522b672376043779ba08a (MD5) BUOYIPRO310MidTermPresentationSp09.pdf: 1671479 bytes, checksum: 60713eae3f6cc26904e99c03d337f197 (MD5) BUOYIPRO310FinalReportSp09.pdf: 586927 bytes, checksum: d7875c5e5538588f97f7df919fd2afda (MD5) BUOYIPRO310FinalPresentationSp09.pdf: 3223322 bytes, checksum: d13da03668481100047fbb713cd3adec (MD5) BUOYIPRO310Brochure2Sp09.pdf: 1931190 bytes, checksum: c14a801d043af1493228da7c1d60d0ca (MD5) BUOYIPRO310Brochure1Sp09.pdf: 1868031 bytes, checksum: 811c704cbc766e31208439232d42acf4 (MD5) Approved for entry into archive by Vishal Patel(vpatel87@iit.edu) on 2011-01-21T22:17:55Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 7 BUOYIPRO310ProjectPlanSp09.pdf: 252822 bytes, checksum: b63e60ac3fb0ea4c00e8f6e9b5dd3e4e (MD5) BUOYIPRO310Poster1Sp09.pdf: 5814510 bytes, checksum: d9713c31dc3522b672376043779ba08a (MD5) BUOYIPRO310MidTermPresentationSp09.pdf: 1671479 bytes, checksum: 60713eae3f6cc26904e99c03d337f197 (MD5) BUOYIPRO310FinalReportSp09.pdf: 586927 bytes, checksum: d7875c5e5538588f97f7df919fd2afda (MD5) BUOYIPRO310FinalPresentationSp09.pdf: 3223322 bytes, checksum: d13da03668481100047fbb713cd3adec (MD5) BUOYIPRO310Brochure2Sp09.pdf: 1931190 bytes, checksum: c14a801d043af1493228da7c1d60d0ca (MD5) BUOYIPRO310Brochure1Sp09.pdf: 1868031 bytes, checksum: 811c704cbc766e31208439232d42acf4 (MD5) Made available in DSpace on 2011-01-21T22:17:55Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 7 BUOYIPRO310ProjectPlanSp09.pdf: 252822 bytes, checksum: b63e60ac3fb0ea4c00e8f6e9b5dd3e4e (MD5) BUOYIPRO310Poster1Sp09.pdf: 5814510 bytes, checksum: d9713c31dc3522b672376043779ba08a (MD5) BUOYIPRO310MidTermPresentationSp09.pdf: 1671479 bytes, checksum: 60713eae3f6cc26904e99c03d337f197 (MD5) BUOYIPRO310FinalReportSp09.pdf: 586927 bytes, checksum: d7875c5e5538588f97f7df919fd2afda (MD5) BUOYIPRO310FinalPresentationSp09.pdf: 3223322 bytes, checksum: d13da03668481100047fbb713cd3adec (MD5) BUOYIPRO310Brochure2Sp09.pdf: 1931190 bytes, checksum: c14a801d043af1493228da7c1d60d0ca (MD5) BUOYIPRO310Brochure1Sp09.pdf: 1868031 bytes, checksum: 811c704cbc766e31208439232d42acf4 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009-05 Deliverables 2009 2009-05 http://hdl.handle.net/10560/1504 en BUOY Devices that Assist Blind & Visually-Impaired Individuals with Swimming and Other Exercise Activities Frank Lane David Gatchell Ken Schug Project deliverable born digital application/pdf In Copyright http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/ Open Access IPRO / Interprofessional Projects Program Illinois Institute of Technology Affiliated department