WHY
Navigating across large spaces is an everyday challenge for the visually impaired. Getting around packed and crowded unequipped areas, i.e. supermarkets or hospitals, makes routine tasks more difficult.
WHO
We are a group of engineers from the Óbuda University in Budapest, Hungary, who aimed at helping the visually challenged people feel safer and more mobile.
WHAT
Our electronic guidance system guides the user through a given space, much like the string in Greek mythology that Ariadne gave Theseus to lead him out of the labyrinth.
HOW
ARIADNÉ contains two key elements: a strip to-be-placed on the walking surface and an electronic cane that senses the strip. The user navigates oneself by audible or vibration signals transmitted by the cane that passes over the strip.