MONTREAL — A team of Montreal university researchers has developed an audible hockey puck they say could revolutionize the sport for blind players. For years, visually impaired hockey players have used a tomato juice can or a steel container filled with small balls as a puck. Three years ago, Gilles Ouellet, a blind hockey player and employee of Universite de Quebec a Montreal (UQAM), came up with the idea for a puck that makes a continuous sound. Now, he and a team of researchers have created a prototype consisting of a shock-absorbent plastic shell with a battery-powered circuit board inside. “And obviously, getting a steel puck in the head hurts,” he added.

Source: National Post May 18, 2019 19:18 UTC