Light Stick: an electronic cane for the blind

Many simple and natural things are inaccessible to the blind, people with impaired vision in most cases, lose their ability to care for themselves independently, and they have to rely on relatives. This applies not only to read books, but the street and go, especially given the natural rudeness of some drivers. To solve this problem called electronic cane for the blind, called Light Stick.

The author of the concept of Light Stick became a designer by the name of Guanhao Wu (Wu Guanghao), if a project of this techno-artist will actually ever implemented, it will mean a revolution for people with disabilities. In the lower part of the resolution of the device is an ultrasonic sensor that detects various obstacles along the way. If you find an object Light Stick notify the owner of the cane through a series of vibrations of varying intensity depending on the distance to the object.

The second advantage, and, moreover, no less important, is equipped with an electronic scanner, which allows the owner to read the text. You must send the lens Light Stick to the document, book or any other material, the device in real-time scans of the text, recognize it, and speaks through a wireless earpiece. Speaker, by the way, is fixed in a holder cane. And in extreme cases, Light Stick provides a useful function as an alarm button by which you can notify relatives or emergency services of an emergency situation.