Tactile belt leads the blind and informs wearer of true north

Tactile belt leads the blind and informs wearer of true north(indiegogo.com)

4 points by antiffan 9 years ago | 3 comments

antiffan 9 years ago |

I've been watching Peter König's research on this topic for some time. I was notified via email this morning that they are working to finally productize it:

"This is Susan Wache writing to you from the feelSpace project.

I received your e-mail from Prof. Peter König because you were interested in our experiments with tactile belts and to participate as a subject.

Our project has developed further. Apart from scientific research with the compass belt, we are now also well on our way to provide a commercial version of the tactile belt, including compass functionalities and navigation functionality, effectively guiding you via vibrations directly to any location you want to go to.

A lot of positive feedback from our subjects, blind and non-blind, but also my own enthusiasm after wearing the belt for over 6 months lead to the next step: In November 2015, my two colleagues Silke Kaercher, Jessika Schwandt and I founded a startup: the feelSpace GmbH.

We are close to a first product version of our tactile belt, targeting especially but not exclusively blind people, and thus are running a crowdfunding campaign on indiegogo: http://igg.me/at/feelspace-navibelt"

staindcrew 9 years ago |

finally something helpful, not just another "uber for cat owners"

antiffan 9 years ago | |

Couldn't agree more. I'm severely directionally challenged so I'm eager to try this - I do wish the price was a bit lower, but I suppose that will come with time.