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Aug 19, 2008, 06:03 PM
 
http://www.benunderwood.com/

Just caught wind of this kid last night. He uses echo location to be aware of his surroundings. Like Dare Devil, but real. Simply amazing.
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Aug 19, 2008, 06:46 PM
 
The military will want him.
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Aug 19, 2008, 10:06 PM
 
Ya. I've seen this guy before. Crazy stuff. This is the first youtube link I saw:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUXh-X1iveU
     
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Aug 20, 2008, 09:35 AM
 
His mother's name is Aquanetta?
     
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Aug 20, 2008, 09:42 AM
 
Originally Posted by paul w View Post
His mother's name is Aquanetta?
Is it bad that I assume the person in question is black?
     
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Aug 20, 2008, 09:45 AM
 
Yes.

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Aug 20, 2008, 09:47 AM
 
That's pretty amazing. I love the human brain... it's a wondrous thing.
     
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Aug 20, 2008, 10:30 AM
 
I met a blind guy this summer who could pretty accurately the colors of cars as we walked along the street. He did the same thing as this kid, he'd click his tongue and just walk along without a cane. He did the colors by the intensity of the sunlight bouncing off the cars. If I held out my hand and with my eyes spread out and he clicked he could then guess with subsequent clicks how many fingers I was holding up.
     
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Aug 21, 2008, 02:27 PM
 
Yeah, the Wikipedia article gives me the impression that it's not actually that rare, but Underwood is just very good at it.

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Aug 21, 2008, 02:47 PM
 
^^ Every party needs a pooper. =/
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Aug 21, 2008, 04:41 PM
 
Originally Posted by SpaceMonkey View Post
Yeah, the Wikipedia article gives me the impression that it's not actually that rare, but Underwood is just very good at it.
Oh, I think it's pretty rare... I have met quite a few blind people, and he was the only one I knew who used it. The kid is quite amazing.
     
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Aug 21, 2008, 04:42 PM
 
Originally Posted by RAILhead View Post
^^ Every party needs a pooper. =/
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Aug 21, 2008, 06:40 PM
 
Well, I don't mean every blind person, or even most. But he's certainly not unique:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uobuBc2GO0o

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