Catalyst Awardee

Project Description

Route Guidance for Blind and Visually Disabled People

Jonathan Sonne Andersen, MSc, Per Friis, and Anders Borum, MSc | NaviBlind ApS; and Garrett Seepersad, PhD
Competition Sponsor: EIT Health
Awardee Year: 2020

NaviBlind allows blind or visually impaired users to walk to new destinations on their own, without prior instructions. The app works by delivering navigation messages with better than one-meter accuracy.

To learn more about this proposal, email healthylongevity@nas.edu.

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