SCIENTISTS from IBM Research and Carnegie Mellon University have developed an open platform designed to support the creation of smartphone apps to enable visually impaired users to better navigate their surroundings.
SCIENTISTS from IBM Research and Carnegie Mellon University have developed an open platform designed to support the creation of smartphone apps to enable visually impaired users to better navigate their surroundings. The app is NavCog, which draws on existing sensors and cognitive technologies to inform the visually impaired on the Carnegie Mellon campus about their surroundings by "whispering" into their ears through ear buds or by creating vibrations on smart phones.