Empowering the Blind - How .lumen Is Revolutionizing Blind Assistive
Technologies Using Amazon Web Services
Outfitted with five cameras that constantly take in the external
surroundings the way a human or trained dog might, the device then
computes that navigational information, contextualizes the nearby
environment, and determines the information it needs to relay to the
user--perhaps a nudge along a safe path, or a warning about an
obstruction blocking the user's way. Then, using a proprietary system of
haptic and auditory feedback mechanisms, it conveys that information
using a similar sensation to a guide dog's tug on the hand, only to the
user's head.
Full article here [1].
Adrian
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https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/startups/empowering-the-blind-how-lumen-is-revolutionizing-blind-assistive-technologies-using-aws/
