Blind Assist

Current Solution

System with wearable devices and locatable way points providing assistance to visually impaired persons with auditory and tactile tools that facilitates room familiarization training.

Project Begin/Ends Date

2018 Summer Studio930

Problem Statement

Visually Impaired Persons may forget their room familiarization training and become disoriented at home. In moments of panic, opportunities to further disorient occur, increasing helplessness and danger to the person.

Client

Association for Blind and Visually Impaired (ABVI), Good Will of the Finger Lakes, Joe Kells (Director of Sales and Business Development), Rochester, NY

Team Members

Alex Baraker, Ken Chen, Bach Nyugen, Maitrayee Sohni