Wearable technology as many would predict will be the future. But as of now, we haven’t really got that sweet spot to make wearable gadgets useful to us. Here’s a device for the visually impaired people.
OrCam is an Israeli start-up company, founded in 2010 by Amnon Shashua, Sachs Professor of Computer Science at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. The mission of OrCam is to develop a “portable, wearable visual system with ‘human-like’ capabilities” for blind and visually impaired persons, via the use of artificial computer intelligence and augmented reality.
Here’s a quick video on what OrCam is all about.
It’s a bit expensive with a price tag of $2,500.
Check out their Q&A section here: http://www.orcam.com/QACategories/general/
A gadget for the visually impaired: OrCam
