Ultrafit: Tapping his way along the Appalachian Trail
http://www.startribune.com/lifestyle/health/11345566.html
"With the help of a voice-enabled GPS, Minneapolis attorney Mike Hanson, who is blind, is training for the hike of a lifetime." Seems inspiring, yet ill-fated.
The vOICe - Seeing with Sound
http://www.seeingwithsound.com/voice.htm
"The ultimate goal is to provide synthetic vision with truly visual sensations by exploiting the neural plasticity of the human brain." Whoa.