{"id":2299,"date":"2017-01-02T16:42:24","date_gmt":"2017-01-02T22:42:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=2299"},"modified":"2017-01-02T16:37:50","modified_gmt":"2017-01-02T22:37:50","slug":"the-sunu-band-vastly-improved-and-available","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=2299","title":{"rendered":"The Sunu Band: Vastly Improved and Available"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_4391\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2299-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/SunuBand2.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/SunuBand2.mp3\">http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/SunuBand2.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p>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.<br \/>\nthe 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 the Sunu tag, a tile-like locator disk to help find your items, and a haptic watch to discretely tell the time. In addition,<!--more--><br \/>\n Marco has enhanced the product with cutting edge sensors and blue tooth technology that will accommodate future developing technology such as smart city beacon systems. You can find out more about the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sunu.io\">Sunu Band on the web here.<\/a><br \/>\nJoin <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/KnownAsJeff\">Jeff Thompson<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/Lane7625\">Pete Lane<\/a> for this fascinating update on the Sunu Band.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you for listening.<br \/>\nYou can follow us on Twitter <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/blindabilities\">@BlindAbilities<\/a><br \/>\nOn the web at <a href=\"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\">www.BlindAbilities.com<\/a><br \/>\nSend us an <a href=\"mailto:info@blindabilities.com\">email<\/a><br \/>\nGet the <a href=\"https:\/\/appsto.re\/us\/demUab.i\">Free Blind Abilities App<\/a> on the App Store.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_4393\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2299-3\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/SunuBand2.mp3?_=3\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/SunuBand2.mp3\">http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/SunuBand2.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p>http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/SunuBand2.mp3Jeff 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 the Sunu tag, a tile-like [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"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":[17,295],"tags":[465,464],"class_list":["post-2299","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bapresents","category-canes","tag-sonar","tag-sunu"],"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-B5","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1670,"url":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=1670","url_meta":{"origin":2299,"position":0},"title":"Blind Abilities Presents: The Sunu Band: Enhanced Navigation and Much Much More","author":"Pete Lane","date":"December 18, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Jeff Thompson and Pete Lane chat with Fernando Albertorio, CEO and Co-founder of Sunu Inc., creators of the Sunu Band. 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