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Greg Jannaman, Virginia Tech, and Mark Riccobono, National Federation of the Blind

Caption: Mark Riccobono, executive director of the National Federation of the Blind's Jernigan Institute, drives the Virginia Tech Blind Driver Challenge vehicle through an obstacle course of traffic cones on a campus parking lot. In the passenger seat is Greg Jannaman, who led the student team within the mechanical engineering department during the past year, and is monitoring the software of the vehicle.

Credit: Steven Mackay, Virginia Tech

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