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Subject: [tech-vi Announce List] TravelAbility Launches the World's first
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"Visually impaired accessible technology" - Google News - Saturday, February
20, 2021 at 3:35 AM

TravelAbility Launches the World's first Pitchfest featuring Adaptive
Technology + Products from 9 countries - EIN News

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Wheelchair technology on display

Think "Shark Tank" at the intersection of travel and disability

You brought together strangers who all have a common goal of universal
access in an industry that all people, regardless of limitations, want to be
a part of." 

- Eric Lipp, Founder, Open Doors Organization

SAUSALITO, CALIFORNIA, USA, February 18, 2021 /EINPresswire.com
<http://www.einpresswire.com> / -- As more baby boomers age into a
disability, the travel industry has become aware that demographics will
drive the need for accessibility and that assistive technology will play a
key role in making travel for the disabled more barrier-free. TravelAbility
Summit <http://travelabilitysummit.com> , a conference created to make
travel easier for people with disabilities, combed the world to identify the
most promising, innovations, and contraptions that enhance travel for people
with disabilities. Following two rounds of vetting by a panel of
TravelAbility advisory board members, you'll find the finalists who have
been invited to make a 3 minute pitch followed by a Q&A to a group of travel
industry professionals, distributors, media and investors at the LaunchPad
Pitchfest, which will be held virtually on April 1, 2021 from 8:30am-12:30
pm PDT.

Below you'll find a mini-descriptions of the 20 innovations following two
months of research. 

1. Alba Robot: AI kit that converts motorized wheelchairs into autonomous
vehicles (Italy)
2. Handiscover: Accessible Content Management Platform for travel suppliers
(Sweden)
3. Portl: World's first hologram machine that can provide live expert for
Airports (CA)
4. SATS: Central database for service animal verification for use by all
airlines (IL)
5. We Walk: smart cane that helps the blind "see" obstacles and book a taxi
(Turkey)
6. Mobile Stairlift: Jerry rig steps with this Electric wheelchair step
climber (NY)
7. ALinker: The "walking-bike" for those between a walker and wheelchair.
(Canada)
8. The Button: App to open doors and operate pedestrian crossings (Scotland)
9. Vispero: Portable kit transforms visitor center kiosks for use by blind
travelers. (Florida)
10. Fold and Go: The folding portable electric wheelchair that's also
weatherproof (U.S.)
11. Fetchy Fox: Wheelchair travelers can have food delivered from airport
vendors (CA)
12. Hiki:A dating app for singles on the autism spectrum (New York)
13. Omeo: 25 in" wide power wheel-chair where the users core muscles
operates navigation. (Australia)
14. Fun and Function: Sensory toys and products for use by hotels, airports
and attractions (PA)
15. Infiniteach: Sensory app empowering those with hidden disabilities (IL)
16. Good Maps: Laser-driven way-finding systems for attractions hotels and
restaurants (KY)
17. Right-Here: An indoor-outdoor wayfinding app for visually impaired.
(Israel)
18. Whisper: Hearing device that blocks ambient noise using separation
technology (CA)
19. Mobi-Mat: Slip-free Rollout mats for beaches and uneven surfaces
(France)
20. Family Trax: GPS tracking wristbands for families with autistic children
(Sweden)

LaunchPad will be promoted internationally to provide exposure to
prospective investors, grant funders and travel industry professionals that
may become possible distribution partners.

Details:
What: TravelAbility LaunchPad will be the first of four TravelAbility events
in 2021. See the Agenda here <http://travelability.net/agenda/> .
When: Thursday, April 1th, 2021 8:00-12:30 pm PDT
Where: Everywhere
Registration: $195 (includes recordings) Register here
<http://travelabilitysummit.com/register/> .

About TravelAbility 
TravelAbility is produced by North American Journeys, a 26 year-old
"boutique" conference and media company in the tour and travel industry
that, in addition to the TravelAbility conference in 2019, has been quietly
building an accessible travel ecosystem that includes the TravelAbility
Insider newsletter, the "Explorable" podcast series; an accessible landing
page initiative; and the LaunchPad pitchfest , the world's only platform for
adaptive technology, tools, contraptions and inventions that help open
travel to everyone. Our website is a working toward the goal of aggregating
all the content that will help members of travel industry become more
accessible on one website. 

TravelAbility is sponsored by GOOGLE, Expedia, AccessiBe and Design Sensory.

Contact: Name: Jake Steinman
TravelAbility Summit: www.travelabilitysummit.com
<http://www.travelabilitysummit.com> 
Phone: 415 339-0578
Email: jake at travelabilitysummit.com <mailto:jake at travelabilitysummit.com> 

Jake Steinman
TravelAbility
+1 415-339-0578
email us here <http://www.einpresswire.com/contact_author/535574480> 
Visit us on social media:
Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/TravelAbilitySummit> 
Twitter <https://twitter.com/TravelabilityS> 
LinkedIn <https://www.linkedin.com/sharing/> 

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