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WeWalk Amongst the Winners of CES 2019 Accessibility Contest

CTA Foundation announced the winners of its fourth annual Eureka Park Accessibility Contest at CES 2019. The winners of this contest were selected from a pool of Extreme Tech Challenge entries based on their ability to benefit older adults and people with disabilities. The five winners each receive a booth in Eureka Park at CES 2019 and a $2,500 prize. The CES 2019 Eureka Park Accessibility Contest winners are:

WeWalk

Briometrix

CarePredict

RealSpace

Roundtrip

WeWALK is a technology which fixes to a traditional white cane and enhances its capabilities for people who are blind or have visual impairment. Although technology has been steadily improving, the white cane has stayed the same for a hundred years. read more

Introducing the Revolutionary Smart Cane WeWALK

A non-profit organization called YGA, located in London and Istanbul is developing a smart cane for the blind and visually impaired.

WeWALK has three main features:

  1. It will be able to detect obstacles that are above the chest and head levels through its ultrasonic sensor.
  2. Smartphone integration. blind people will be able to control their smartphones via WeWALK’s touchpad and be able to receive turn-by-turn Google Maps
    navigation via WeWALK.
  3. WeWALK is open platform, meaning that WeWALK will be able to gain new features with integrations such as Uber, Lyft, and Amazon Alexa.

WeWALK Demo

“Beyond being just a product, WeWALK is a social platform and a movement which unites all blind people in the world, creates awareness in society, and fosters accessibility, social inclusion, more and equal participation in social life,” YGA said.

YGA has initiated a fundraising project on the Indiegogo platform. So far the company has raised $9,615 USD of $250,000 with a month left. read more

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