Good Seed Supports BME Student Project – “Eye-Runner”
A Digital Guide Runner for the Visually Impaired Runners and Beyond the Finish Line
BME students WONG Chun Yiu, CHIU Edmond Ka Tsun, YIP Wing Yiu and TERN Yoe Rhey received a funding support of HK$100,000 from Good Seed in early 2017 to set up the Vivid Sense Limited for development and production of a wearable assistive device targeted for use by the visually impaired – “Eye-Runner”.
As the team realized that training plans of many visually impaired persons rely on support and help from guide runners, the initial concept of Eye-Runner was to develop a wearable assistive device which uses camera and ultrasonic sensor to help navigate visually impaired persons to run safely on tracks and avoid obstacles. With support from the Good Seed, the “Eye-Runner” had completed the user test at a residential home for elderlies with visual impairment. Positive feedback was received from trial users and the team will fine tune the design and setting of Eye-runner to fit the visually impaired persons’ needs. Although mass production is not currently being considered, the team will explore further extending the device’s applications and targets for socially beneficial purposes.
About Good Seed
Good Seed is jointly organised by the Jockey Club Design Institute for Social Innovation Design Institute for Social Innovation and Institute for Entrepreneurship of PolyU, funded by the Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship Development Fund to support social innovation projects and address poverty and other social issues.
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