{"id":1670,"date":"2015-12-18T15:10:58","date_gmt":"2015-12-18T21:10:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=1670"},"modified":"2015-12-29T22:30:31","modified_gmt":"2015-12-30T04:30:31","slug":"blind-abilities-presents-the-sunu-band-enhanced-navigation-and-much-much-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=1670","title":{"rendered":"Blind Abilities Presents: The Sunu Band: Enhanced Navigation and Much Much More"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_7308\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1670-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/Blind_Abilities_Presents_-_The_Sunu_Band_Enhanced_Navigation_and_Much_More.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/Blind_Abilities_Presents_-_The_Sunu_Band_Enhanced_Navigation_and_Much_More.mp3\">http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/Blind_Abilities_Presents_-_The_Sunu_Band_Enhanced_Navigation_and_Much_More.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p>Jeff Thompson and Pete Lane chat with Fernando Albertorio, CEO and Co-founder of Sunu Inc., creators of the Sunu Band. The Sunu Band is a promising bracelet that will provide Sonar-guided navigation, an article finder, smart watch and much much more! <!--more--><br \/>\nThe Sunu Band is in the Beta stage, but you can pre-order the bracelet, as well as help fund their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiegogo.com\/projects\/sunu-ultrasonic-wearable-to-heighten-perception#\/\">Indiegogo fund-raising campaign<\/a> now. Just go to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.Sunu.IO\">www.Sunu.IO<\/a> and see all of its features and contribute to the campaign.<br \/>\n[gravityform id=&#8221;2&#8243; title=&#8221;true&#8221; description=&#8221;false&#8221;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_7310\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1670-3\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/Blind_Abilities_Presents_-_The_Sunu_Band_Enhanced_Navigation_and_Much_More.mp3?_=3\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/Blind_Abilities_Presents_-_The_Sunu_Band_Enhanced_Navigation_and_Much_More.mp3\">http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/Blind_Abilities_Presents_-_The_Sunu_Band_Enhanced_Navigation_and_Much_More.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p>http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/Blind_Abilities_Presents_-_The_Sunu_Band_Enhanced_Navigation_and_Much_More.mp3Jeff Thompson and Pete Lane chat with Fernando Albertorio, CEO and Co-founder of Sunu Inc., creators of the Sunu Band. The Sunu Band is a promising bracelet that will provide Sonar-guided navigation, an article finder, smart watch and much much more!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":8,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[17],"tags":[272,271],"class_list":["post-1670","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bapresents","tag-navigation","tag-sunuband"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Blind-Abilities-Logo.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6rcRg-qW","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2299,"url":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=2299","url_meta":{"origin":1670,"position":0},"title":"The Sunu Band: Vastly Improved and Available","author":"Blind Abilities Team","date":"January 2, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Jeff and Pete offer another follow up interview with guests they previously interviewed with today\u2019s visit with Marco trujillo, a co-founder of the Sunu Band. the Sunu Band is a smart bracelet that serves many purposes: it offers sonar-based navigation to detect obstacles \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0up to 15 feet away; it possesses\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;BlindAbilities Presents&quot;","block_context":{"text":"BlindAbilities Presents","link":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?cat=17"},"img":{"alt_text":"BlindAbilities Logo A black square with white initials, B A.","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blindabilities.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Blind-Abilities-Logo.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blindabilities.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Blind-Abilities-Logo.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blindabilities.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Blind-Abilities-Logo.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blindabilities.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Blind-Abilities-Logo.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blindabilities.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Blind-Abilities-Logo.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blindabilities.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Blind-Abilities-Logo.jpg?resize=1400%2C800&ssl=1 4x"},"classes":[]},{"id":5187,"url":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=5187","url_meta":{"origin":1670,"position":1},"title":"APH American Printing House: Huge Partnerships Bringing the Community New and Innovative Products. 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