Le Chal: Smart shoes for the visually impaired, with haptic//vibrational feedback, sensors and GPS

Le Chal is a haptic/vibrational feedback shoe designed for the blind and visually impaired, on of the projects of Anirudh Sharma, a member of the NUI Group (Natural User Interface).  Le Chal was conceptualized at the 2011 MIT Media Lab Design and Innovation Workshop at COEP.
Take me there Shoe/ Le Chal

Shoe for visually impaired - Le ChalHimanshu Khanna, 10/31/11

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To learn more about this project, take a look at the video and related publications below. This is a great example of a team that is harnessing emerging technologies to improve the lives of people with disabilities.


Video: "Multimodal Maps for Blind People"


Website


Publications
Anke Brock, Philippe Truillet, Bernard Oriola, Christophe Jouffrai (IRIT CNRS and Universite de Toulouse) Usage of Multimodal Maps for Blind People: Why and How
ITS’10, November 7–10, 2010, Saarbrücken, Germany
Paper: http://www.irit.fr/~Philippe.Truillet/projects/doc/MultimodalMapsForTheBlind-ITS10.pdf
Poster: http://www.irit.fr/~Philippe.Truillet/projects/doc/Poster-ITS10.pdf

Stantum (Multi-touch screen used for the application.)
Ivy Middleware (Used in this application.)

Cross-posted on the TechPsych blog.