Friday, July 13, 2018

WeWALK - Integrated Smart Cane for the Visually Impaired

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The 411: Investment Opportunity: Advanced Assistive Technology in a Cane
        
Found on: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/revolutionary-smart-cane-for-the-visually-impaired#/
Revolutionary Smart Cane for the Visually Impaired
Revolutionizing mobility for visually impaired folks worldwide. You can help - Let's WeWALK Together
WeWALK is an innovative smart cane to the visually impaired. Move through the world more independently via; ☑️ Smartphone Integration ☑️ Advanced Obstacle Detection ☑️ Alexa Enabled ☑️ Open Platform for Endless Practical Skills Your charitable donation to WeWALK will help make the world more accessible. You can also pre-order the smart cane today for yourself or a loved one. Join the movement! Let's WeWALK Together.

Mission Statement


The WeWALK Movement is a fundraising project initiated by YGA (Young Guru Academy), an international nonprofit organization. 

YGA's mission is to cultivate competent, socially conscious young leaders who innovate new solutions to society's biggest problems. Together, YGA leaders have designed the world's most revolutionary smart cane, WeWALK.

YGA has over 10 years of expertise designing new technologies for the visually impaired and have won multiple global awards including the Edison Awards, MWC Awards by GSMA and the MIT Social Innovation of the Year. YGA has also been provided with support from Vestel, utilizing "Vestel City" (the largest manufacturing facility in Europe) in order to develop and mass-produce WeWALK.

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On the right side, written is Near-field Microphone; Vibration Pads; Touchpad; Speakers. On the left side, there is a woman holding her WeWALK at chest level and showing it to the camera, only her hand is visible.
The ultrasonic sensor system alerts you of obstacles with two vibration buttons, right at your fingertips. 
On a blue font, there is a visual featuring the functional parts of WeWALK smart cane. The handle tip of the cane is narrowing towards the top. The middle of the handle is much wider. At the bottom there is Microphone, Then in order there is Wrist Strap Hole, Soft-Touch Grip, which is a grey surface, Vibration Buttons which have a bump on both the right and left sides Touchpad, which is a white, rectangular surface Ultrasonic sensor located in a circular hole, Front Led as a small dot in the front, At the tip of WeWALK which attaches to the white cane there is White Cane Adaptor There is a regular white cane which WeWALK attaches to. At the back side of WeWALK there is a speaker in the middle

Easily Connect to 3rd Party Apps

Located in the photo is jazz vocalist Frank Senior. A black man in his fifties, with thick lips and long face, hairless, clean shaven, wearing a pair of black sunglasses. He is framed from the waist up and there are some words on the side. I really do believe that this is going to be a game changer for the whole blind community. Frank Senior, Jazz Vocalist (Blind Birth)
With the WeWALK app, simply connect and activate your WeWALK smart cane. Use integrations like Google Maps, Uber, Lyft 

Comes with Speaker, Microphone & Touchpad

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The touchpad works by sensing its user's gesture and is used to control your connected mobile phone.
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WeWALK has a speaker and microphone built that works perfectly with Alexa. A true one hand free advantage we have yet seen on the cane market. 
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What is WeWALK Movement?    

The WeWALK Movement is a fundraising project initiated by YGA with the aim to make an impact in assistive technology with WeWALK Smart Cane Incubation for the visually impaired. Alone they can do so little, together we can do so much. Donate or pre-order for yourself or a loved one. 
What is WeWALK Smart Cane?    
WeWALK smart cane is an innovative smart white cane designed for the visually impaired. It's built with Alexa and works with other third-party apps such as Google Maps, Uber, Lyft. With an open platform available to developers, endless practical skills can be developed overtime catering to specific user needs as an innovative and expandable smart cane.

Why are you crowdfunding?    
We funded WeWALK at Arikovani which is crowdfunding platform in Turkey. WeWALK raised over $94,000 within 48 hours. The campaign set a track record for Arikovani and WeWALK team is growing it's reach to more countries and expand the reach of the WeWALK movement and continuation of advancing the WeWALK smart cane to those in need. 
  

What WeWALK features are available?    
Obstacle detection, smartphone integration, and open platform for new skills to build on.  
What is the battery life of WeWALK? 
Up to 5 hours (~ 1 day / Average daily usage is 4 hours). The micro USB input, which is at the narrow side of the device, is used to charge the battery of your WeWALK.
Where is it manufactured?    
Vestel has given its support for the project by opening the doors of Vestel City, the biggest factory in Europe. 
Does it have an app? Which phones does it work with? 
WeWalk Smart Cane runs on Android and iOS-based mobile phones. Android-based devices should have the software version 5.0 or later, iOS-based devices require OS version 10 or later.
  

Safety and Regulation

What are the recommended ages?  
Anyone who is capable of using a white cane between the age of 15 to 60 years old but not subject exclusively to the range.   
Is it safe? 
WeWALK helps visually disabled users to sense obstacles at head level, to improve safety. But improper use of a white cane by people who are incapable of using it could cause some potential hazards. 
If I have other questions, who should I contact?   
For decades, YGA has run a nonprofit business with a mission to create and deliver cutting-edge technology, providing innovative solutions to the visually disabled and other disadvantaged groups in our society.
We've touched the lives of over 170,000 people, been honored by the GSMA and the Edison Awards and have acknowledged at best practice showcases at the UN.
We are a diverse team of dreamers growing globally to make a bigger impact. With the invention of WeWALK, we are turning our dream of a better world into a reality.


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