Ford is about to put out the world’s strangest car. Developed by researchers at Virginia Tech, it's based on a hybrid Escape with a unique, non-visual interface, which will allow for something we never thought possible: Blind people driving.

The car, developed with the National Federation of the Blind (NFB), is a semi-autonomous vehicle that lets blind people handle corners, rev up, brake, and avoid turning the streets into that one scene from Week End. The car’s about helping “the blind gain access to a great deal of information that has traditionally been presented only visually,” NFB President Marc Maurer said recently. Translation: Blind people are just as antsy as any freshly licensed 16-year-old to burn some rubber.

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Bron: fastcodesign.com - 16/08/2010

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