Smart Canes For The Blind

A new smart cane can recognize the faces of a blind person s friends and family from up to 33 feet 10 meters away.
Smart canes for the blind. Positive outlooks on september 16 2019. There s a new electronic walking stick for visually impaired people that is set to completely transform the way blind people navigate the world. Published by pauline r. The talk is about smart cane for blind trained in indian classical music rohan paul is a young innovator behind smart cane.
In today s age of advance technology a lot of devices gadgets and programs are built to make our lives easier and more convenient. Nelson régo is the owner and founder of the cool blind tech website since november of 2012. Users can avoid objects that are attached to the floor but overhanging tree branches and other free standing objects are much more difficult to detect. Get blind friendly navigation wewalk smart cane has free mobile applications for ios and android.
Twitter facebook pinterest email. Turkey based wewalk targets the 500 million blind or visually impaired people among which according to the world health organization the majority is above 50 years. A cane offers a lot of information to a blind user but it tends to concentrate on the floor or at best below knee level. You can save your favorite places and get turn by turn and clockwise navigation through the cane while your phone is in your pocket.
He also directs the website as a whole hiring staff originating new shows and approving all content. While the more recent innovations. After spending his undergraduate days at the department of computer. With the rising prevalence of the condition worldwide there is growth in the assistive technology for visually impaired.
Blind engineer invents a smart cane that guides the vision impaired using google maps and sensors. I would like to take a look at two possible solutions one produced in india and relatively low cost and the other produced in the uk and relatively high cost.