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University Students Create Cutting-edge Wearable Navigation Devices

An article from July 2020 that’s been in my bookmarks for… well, you do the math.

A group of students from Harvard University have launched a startup called Foresight, a “wearable navigation aid for people with vision impairments”. It connects to the user’s camera, worn in a placeholder around the neck, which detects nearby objects and triggers tacticle ‘soft textile units’ on the body. These ‘inflate’ to provide haptic feedback as objects approach and pass, with the pressure increasing as objects get closer.

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