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Disability Crosswalk System To Help Visually Impaired People Cross The Street Safely

On May 3, 2011, in Concepts, by admin

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The “Disability Crosswalk” is a system that is a universal design used to help all users cross the street safely. With specifically the visually impaired in mind, the crosswalk system is activated by a pressure pad which is stood on. After activation, the crosswalk system uses a speed detection device linked to a translator in order to verbally tell the user what the speed of an approaching vehicle is. It also gives a visual number reading of the speed. When a vehicle is stopped or absent, the crosswalk will state the street is safe to cross. There is a rubber rail system which can also be utilized to help the visually impaired cross the street safely and directly. There should be two individual speed reading/warning units across the street from each other, with a rubber rail in between to create one full system.

In addition to the verbal warning to the pedestrian, there is a LED panel on the back side of the crosswalk system which warns drivers that there is a pedestrian trying to cross the road.

Designer : Sarah Jayne Eiring

Disability Crosswalk

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G-Navi Improves Independence And Mobility Of Visually Impaired People

On March 16, 2011, in Concepts, by admin

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Those people who always see the empty part of a half poured glass will name G-Navi as a modern dog trainer, but the rest will certainly admire its ability to make visually impaired people free from their limitations.

G-Navi is a concept mechanism for directing blind people that combines a harness for the guide dog and a headset that remains attached around the backside of the user’s neck. The system synchronizes with the existing GPS and sends out signal to the user when and which why he or she has to turn to reach a particular destination. Though the signal is for the dog’s harness that leans to the appropriate direction from the GPS, resulting turning the dog’s head in that way, the headset also is notified which conveys the signal to the user through vibration to ensure the dog is going to the right direction. Moreover, this innovative concept can be used to make SOS calls and bookmarking information about new places with simple button press. The required energy for the system is accumulated through two 30×100 mm solar panel attached on the guide dog’s vest.

Designer : Shawn Kim Youn Dong

G-Navi

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Tagged with: GNavi • Impaired • Improves • Independence • Mobility • people • Visually

Sentino Cook Top For Visually Impaired People

On January 21, 2011, in Concepts, by admin

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Cooking can be an easy job for any person, but for people with visual impairments? With lots of technological changes, wide arrays of products are making their entry into the market and one such product to mention is Sentino Cook-top. It’s been designed in such a way to make cooking, simple and efficient for visually impaired people. The product has been thoroughly tested for its aesthetics, scalability, and user interaction in order to refine the product. The design makes it a lot easier for blind people to turn On/Off, locate the cooking surface with a feather touch over the controls, sense and listen to power rather easily. This simple yet effectual product with tactile interface also crosses language barriers, thereby allowing blind people cook efficiently with any hassle.

Designer : R. D. Silva

Sentino Cook Top for The Blind

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Tagged with: Cook • Impaired • people • Sentino • Visually

MusicReader Makes Learning Music Easy Even For The Hearing Impaired People

On July 30, 2010, in Concepts, by admin

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It’s quite impossible to learn music for general as well as handicapped people without hearing the melody of a certain music note. MusicReader is an innovative educational tool concept with an appearance of conventional gem clip that can create sound by reading a music note through dragging the device over the music note. This will enable even the novice learner to become an expert with the ability to reading music in an easier and more engaging way. The frame of the concept is made to support the device to be dragged on a straight line. Want to record the melody? It’s super easy; just press the record button while dragging over a set of music notes to store the melody which can be played later on.

Designer : Moonhwan Lee and Yeoreum Lee

music reader

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Tagged with: Easy • Even • Hearing • Impaired • Learning • Makes • music • MusicReader • people

AudioSense XM Enables Hearing Impaired People To Enjoy Comprehensive Music

On July 6, 2010, in Concepts, by admin

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Being a hearing impaired would never come across enjoying the beats and rhythms of Sakira’s ‘Waka Waka’ with AudioSense XM headphone, an innovative idea of not only enabling people with less hearing power enjoying music, also helps preventing the potential damage of ears that may arise through using headphones. I guess you already know why there is a big hole at the place where usual headphone contains the speaker for each ear. Yes, you are absolutely right, these holes make room for the hearing aids and also reduce the distortion of sound. The compact, lightweight and stylish backpack enhances the feel of music through particular vibrations for both base and treble. Another component of the concept is the user interface with a huge touchscreen LCD display that changes colors and images per music and provides various handy information and guidelines for enjoying comprehensive music.

Designer : Julia Stuxgren

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