Envision

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

This semester, worked with The Seeing Eye to help guide dog users respond to changes in their neighborhoods. With the addition of roundabouts, bike lanes, and other traffic control measures, the infrastructure of many cities in the United States has become less uniform. As a result, blind guide dog users are also beginning to carry canes to communicate with others sharing the road. For our work with The Seeing Eye, we examined how the guide dog harness can be redesigned so that blind users can carry and access their canes more easily.

GROUP INFORMATION 

• Group Members:
  • Gaurav, Graduate student Steinhardt
  • Haonan, Graduate student ITP
  • Laura*, Undergraduate student IDM 
  • Mashi, Graduate student ITP
  • Meera, Graduate student IDM
  • Michelle, Graduate student IDM
  • Vera, Graduate student ITP
• Project Mentor(s): Lukas Franck (The Seeing Eye)

Projects

• Designing a mechanism to attach a lightweight, retractable cane to a dog harness for easy access.
• Designing a 3D-printable model of a roundabout that orientation specialists at The Seeing Eye can use to teach blind students how to navigate the intersection.