A Modern smartphone app and Bluetooth beacon system is currently being trialled at Pimlico Station on the London Underground , and could revolutionise the way unreasoning and partly sighted people navigate the capital ’s Tube system .
Born from the Royal London Society for Blind People ’s Youth Forum , the Wayfindr scheme offers independency to those that would otherwise require assistance to get around the public transport hub .
It produce use of signals transmitted by Bluetooth pharos , which are then picked up by a smartphone and crossing cite with ustwo ’s indoor placement instruction . partner off with a solidification of bone conductivity headphone , the user can then be feed pilotage and direction instructions , without missing out on the vital ambient sounds at the station .
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