How Project Guideline gave me the freedom to run solo

Editor's Note: At Google Research, we're interested in exploring how technology can help improve people's daily lives and experiences. So it's been an incredible opportunity to work with Thomas Panek, avid runner and President & CEO of Guiding Eyes for the Blind, to apply computer vision for something important in his everyday life: independent exercise. Project Guideline is an early-stage research project that leverages on-device machine learning to allow Thomas to use a phone, headphones and a guideline painted on the ground to run independently. Below, Thomas shares why he collaborated with us on this research project, and what the journey has been like for him. I've always loved to run.