We met with MIT faculty Paul Parravano. Mr. Parravano serves as MIT’s campus federal relations officer, accompanying MIT’s President on regular visits to Washington and hosting campus visits by elected officials and other dignitaries. However, on top of that, he is also blind and was able to shed insight on the various difficulties he encounters day to day. You can hear his story here:

Through talking with Paul and a lot of research, we wanted to create a device that would allow users of white canes to also know when they encounter protrouding objects that will not be sensed by a white cane. Our final idea after our big brainstorming session, was to use an ultrasonic sensor to detect the distance of objects from the handle of the white cane.

Final Product