Indoor Wall Avoidance (IWA)
About this project
Indoor Wall Avoidance is trying to give Daredevil-like powers to those with visual disabilities. To put that in slightly less geeky terms, IWA is developing a way to create wearable sensors that will enable people without sight or with impaired vision to know when they are getting close to an object. In a video taken, Yaakov, the need knower, stops before walking into a wall and signaling to the team the feedback the device is providing him. Yaakov is particularly excited about the potential of IWA to help members of the Deaf-Blind community both indoors and ultimately outdoors as well.
The challenge
He shared his challenge that is to help members of the Deaf-Blind community participate in both indoor and outdoor activities.
Who it helps
Yaakov, our need knower is deaf and blind.
Project details
- Stage: Challenge
- Built by the Nazareth community, Nazareth, Israel
An open-source assistive technology project shared free by TOM: Tikkun Olam Makers.
Related projects
Browse all TOM projects · Search projects · TOM communities · Makeathons and events