(SOUNDBITE) (English) VISUALLY IMPAIRED ENTREPRENEUR AND INVENTOR OF SMART CRANE KURSAT CEYLAN SAYING: “My name is Kursat Ceylan, I am blind from birth and co-founder of WeWalk technology’ This blind ...

North Carolina Central University researchers are testing smart canes aimed at helping blind or visually impaired people. Standard folding canes are used to scan or detect things around a person, like ...

Stanford University researchers have constructed a cane that could be of significant use to the blind or visually impaired. The cane costs about $400 and is augmented with the ability to self navigate ...

A cane equipped with the technology that retailers use to tag merchandise could help blind people avoid obstacles. An engineering professor and five students at Central Michigan University have ...

The Rotary Club of Lagos Palmgrove Estate, Lagos Mainland has flagged off the distribution Smart canes to the blind. The club’s Public Relations Officer (PRO), Ravindra Kamat, said it takes pleasure ...

Jean Marc Feghali has Leber’s Congenital Amaurosis, a disease that reduces his peripheral vision and renders him effectively blind at night. But the intelligent walking cane he’s helping to develop ...

WeWALK, the smart cane designed for people who are blind or with low vision has joined Microsoft’s AI for Accessibility programme. Microsoft’s AI for Accessibility $25 million 5-year programme is ...

Intel-owned Moovit, a mobility-as-a-service (MaaS) provider with a globally popular trip planning app, has partnered with WeWALK, a smart cane company, to help visually impaired people reach their ...

BARCELONA, June 29 (Reuters) - White sticks used by the visually impaired to help them get about have had a hi-tech makeover, with a "smart cane" that doesn't just detect obstacles but can also give ...