Comments on: Praise for the blind man who invented cruise control

By: Jean

Jean — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 07:35:10 +0000

I drive cars all day for an auto auction and use the cruise control constantly as I cannot afford to supplement the police department with my paycheck. This was an awesome story. I will think of it every time I use it from now on.

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 04:22:26 +0000

When I was in the 8th grade the school I went to had a Princapal who was blind. This man would walked the hallways and covered walkways where rooms on one side and an open courtyard on the other. the court side had a steel pole about every 12 to 15 feet. He never used a cane or assistance to get around and i naver saw him stray off course or bump into anything. And when I was on the high school wrestling team one day he came by and asked the coach if he could work out with a wrestler so the coach put him with me as we were the same weight, i was 165 lbs. but wrestled at 191 lbs (I took forth in league final. just to give an idea of my strength). I would swear the man knew what I was going to do next just by the flex of my muscles! There was no way I could get away from this man or break his hold on me! It was an awesome experience and also quite humbling. Thank you Mr. schmitt

By: eve

eve — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 07:06:00 +0000

If i was blind the only thing i could invent would be the dent in the wall! Thats a wonderful story!

By: Jaybird

Jaybird — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 19:45:09 +0000

Beautiful !! And to think, I fumble WITH sight. My gratefulness to such a positive, gifted and inspiring person.

By: David

David — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 10:36:56 +0000

Internet was invented by a deaf guy! Vint Cerf is the Father of the Internet and he is DEAF.

THanks to the Deaf and Blind people for their wonderful invention.

By: Erelen

Erelen — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 03:40:52 +0000

Wow, this is kind of like a real life Geordi from Star Trek! :) Very inspirational!!!

By: Katy

Katy — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 05:24:43 +0000

Wait a second… he was tooling around town in a car when he was 12 and blind?? Isn’t that stretching the whole heightened sense thing a bit??

Not that I don’t appreciate the man, he’s bailed me out more than a few times with that autopilot thing :D

By: Kristine

Kristine — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 00:45:32 +0000

Blind? No way!
I didn’t think someone who couldn’t drive at all would invent something like that…

By: Jan Hjelm

Jan Hjelm — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 17:43:47 +0000

Another blind inventor was Swedish, Gustaf Dahlén, who invented the ’sun valve’ that could turn off acethylene driven lighthouses during daytime and save a lot of gas.

By: Andrea

Andrea — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 12:31:46 +0000

I loved it! I think a person like that should inspire all those who say “I can’t”. Great article!