Innovative Products from Around the World

OrCam MyEye

This amazing piece of technology helps people who have lost their vision to make sense of the visual world by describing to them what they cannot see. This device magnetically snaps to the sides of the glasses. A small wireless smart camera is attached to the device. This camera captures the images and communicates the information audibly through a tiny speakers that rests just above the ear. It can instantly read to you text from a book, smartphone screen, receipts or any other surface, recognize faces, help you shop on your own, work more efficiently, and live a more independent life! Not only this, but is also responds to voice commands.

WeWalk

Developed in Turkey, WeWalk is a smart cane that comes with a touch pad and speakers. This can protects the visually impaired from the everyday mishaps that they might face when using a simple white cane. This device can be added to any long cane. The device vibrates to alert the user of any low-hanging obstacles that the bottom of the cane may miss, like a sign board or a tree branch. Another important feature of this product is that it can be paired to an iOS or an android device via Bluetooth which helps the user navigate to new locations and use voice assistance to check for public transport.  A special layer is built on top of the mapping service which makes navigation more accessible. The voice feedback comes from the built-in speaker of the cane or can be heard through a Bluetooth headset.

eSight 4

eSight is a device that is very popular is used by thousands of people. It helps resolve over 20 different serious eye conditions. With clinically tried and tested technology, eSight 4 provides best visual acuity, mobility, ease of use and new mobile based capabilities. It consists of advanced sensors, algorithms and powerful processing which provides the brain with highest quality of visual information. eSight 4 is a wireless and hand-free device with built-in controls which incorporates natural peripheral vision for 100% mobility retention. This lightweight and streamed line design can last for hours at a time. This device also adjusts to the colour and the contrast settings and can be connected with Android and iOS mobile apps.

IrisVision

IrisVision has been a ground breaking technology that helped people with low vision see better. The creators of the device dabbled around by mounting a Samsung smartphone into a VR headset. But instead of looking at a virtual world, one looks at the real world. The smartphone’s camera captures whatever is in front of the user and then remaps the scene to enhance its visibility. With the new media feature, you can stream and save YouTube videos, take pictures and enlarge them to have a closer look at the details. The OCR (optical character recognition) scans texts and reads it out loud. IrisVision also displays the texts on the screen in high-contrast font for easier reading.  The latest version of IrisVision also has a Smart Voice Command feature that allows one to have a conversation with Alexa.