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Bat-inspired tech lets blind man ride mountain bike

"On the bike, the handlebars vibrated when an object was close on the left or right. "I was pretty skeptical at first, coming from an engineering background, but I was blown away by how effective the bat echolocation technology was," Smith said in Bristol University news release. "

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