YOUNG MEN WITH VISION
Feb 28, 2020
4 minutes
BY BONOLO SEKUDU
JOSTLED by a passing student as they were walking and chatting, Siphamandla Mqcina and Philanjalo Ndlovu were annoyed at first, then mildly embarrassed when they realised It was a blind student who’d bumped into them on campus at the Tshwane University of Technology (Tut).
That chance encounter inspired the duo to invent a futuristic device that could change the way blind and visually impaired people navigate the world.
Called C4Me, the prototype looks like an oversized pair of virtual-reality goggles, but for the wearer it’s like having a talking guide dog.
The device contains several sensors that guide wearers by pinpointing their location and destination, and provides audio
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