New device could help visually impaired avoid obstacles, research suggests | Blindness and visual impairment | The Guardian
Researchers in the US have developed a technological aid: a chest-mounted video camera – linked to a processing unit involving a computer-vision algorithm – and a pair of vibrating wristbands.
When the system detects a hazard that the wearer is set to collide with, the wristband on the same side as the hazard vibrates. If the obstacle is straight ahead, both wristbands vibrate.
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