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Glasses for the Blind Wins the Nobel Prize for Industrial Design
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Glasses for the Blind Wins the Nobel Prize for Industrial Design

.lumen or DotLumen is a technology startup based in Romania working on increasing accessibility for the blind. Today, 40M+ blind people worldwide, despite all technological advancements, are facing mobility issues to do with accessing public spaces with confidence. In Europe and the US, the provision of guide dogs is limited. According to a statement from .lumen (DotLumen), there are ~28,000 guide dogs to 40 million blind people. So, to cover up for this short supply of guide dogs for the visually challenged, .lumen (DotLumen) has developed Glasses for the Blind. Glasses for the Blind mimics the main capabilities of a guide dog sans the drawbacks that make it a non-scalable solution. Using Glasses for the Blind, a blind person can confidently walk around and shop in the supermarkets with...
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