Engineers at CU Boulder are tapping into advances in artificial intelligence to develop a new kind of walking stick for people who are blind or visually impaired. Think of it as assistive technology ...

Subject tests a ‘smart’ walking stick for people who are blind or visually impaired in a mock grocery store. (Courtesy of Nico Goda and University of Colorado Boulder) ...

“These sensors will help the blind detect any object in their path with a range of two metres. If there is an object, the blind stick has a buzzer that alerts the person to stop or change direction.

The hands-on orientation and mobility courses administered by the University of Nebraska’s Department of Special Education ...

Ronald Kipkoech, Jared Wasonga and Nelson Odour, all physics students, are behind the innovation dubbed ‘Automation of the Blind Stick’. “We were inspired to come up with this project after ...