OpinionMay 7, 2021
How GPS Weakens Memory—and What We Can Do about It
A new app helps you navigate, not with turn-by-turn directions but via audio “beacons”
Stories by Amos Miller
Amos Miller is the leader of Microsoft Soundscape, a project by the Microsoft Research Enable team. His interest is in technologies that augment human perception and sensory interaction with the environment which promote inclusive experiences for people with different abilities. He also happens to be blind and has been creating Soundscape to empower all people to be able to navigate through the world freely like never before.