(21 Nov 2006)
Inventor: Dr Peter Meijer with George Loo mosidification
Description:
e-Eye (ear-Eye) is a video camera linked to a video processor that translates a 64×64 pixel scene into 16 levels of audio tones for the blind user to ‘see’ using his hearing. This is a miniaturised version of the work done by Dr Peter Meijer, which requires a laptop to process the video
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Hello, the other day as I was jogging, I saw a blind man walking in a busy street using just a stick, and I thought that there could be a device, like a micro camera attached to some earplugs that translated to the blind what is going on around them, telling when they may safely cross the street, for example. I thought that if I were an inventor and developed such a device, I would call it “e-eye!”. Just for curiosity I looked it up on google and found this website!! This device (or similar) already exists and so my question is: WHY ISN’T IT AVAILABLE YET ON THE MARKET FOR EVERY VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSON AROUND THE GLOBE? Its a marvellous invention!
THank you for your answer and congratulations.
Hi Ariane,
Different implementations of the concept, based on using a regular smartphone or a netbook PC and other mass market hardware, are available globally, see
George Loo did a great job in trying to make a more dedicated device with the e-Eye, but the market may not be ready yet to make this sustainably.
Best regards,
Peter Meijer