Blind Runner Uses IBM Cloud To ‘See’ Mental Map Of The World

Simon Wheatcroft has run more consecutive miles than most people could imagine walking. But he is blind. Wheatcroft uses the GPS fitness-tracking app RunKeeper to gauge the world around him like anybody else. With some additional custom-built software application development and programming intelligence, here’s how he does it.

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