New AI Powered Wearable Can Help the Blind Read and Navigate

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A new wearable aid for the blind and visually impaired people uses machine learning and artificial intelligence to better analyze fed data from cameras and sensors. The device is being developed by Swiss startup Eyra, and is named Horus, after the Egyptian god. Its an apt symbol since stories tell us that Horus lost his eye in a fight only to have it restored by another god.

Horus is a wrap-around headband equipped with two cameras to watch for what’s in front of the user. The images seen are narrated through earpieces that directly stimulate the tiny bones in the ear, with a technology called bone conduction. This way, the audio from the device does not interfere with surrounding noise and also does not disturb other people.