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London Tube Testing Bluetooth Beacons for Visually Impaired Passengers

Technology has come a long way in improving many aspects of our day-to-day lives. But we've become so used to being surrounded by sensors, screens and other devices that in many cases, we take them all for granted. That's why regular passengers on the London Underground may not have noticed a special series of Bluetooth beacons placed along specific paths

Shawn Thorpe

The London Underground but Overground

The map of the London Underground is world famous for its linear representation of train stations and lines. It was created by Harry Beck in the 1930s and subsequently became the standard by which other metro and subway maps were designed. The map uses a simple set of rules to great advantage, such as coloured lines, stations equally spaced, lines can

Andrew