[Blind-Rollers] Potential Benefits of Super Lidar for Blind Rollers

[Karen Rose]

Hi Shane. Hope you are doing well. I really need to contact you quickly. :-) Last week, while not paying attention, I fell down a flight of stairs and broke my hip. Had surgery the following day, and now spending three weeks in a physical rehab center. The physical therapist tell me that I will be discharged using a walker. There is no way to attach a white cane to a walker, so I am now in the position of trying to figure out a technology that will allow me to know where I am and how to avoid obstacles and how to find curb cuts without a cane. I will only be using a walker for a couple of months,  but expect to need one again when doing two knee replacements in the coming year or so. Would love to know where your company is in using Super Lidar two enable this type of mobility, and also what kind of response you got when you posted on this list. :-)  I’m now in the position of needing you guys… 

Karen Rose MFT/LPCC www.career-therapy.net

> On Jan 26, 2022, at 12:06 PM, Shane Lowe via Blind-Rollers <blind-rollers at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi everyone,
> My name is Shane Lowe, and I am the Community Operations manager for
> the company Mediate. You may know of us as the developers of
> Supersense and Super Lidar.
> Part of what I do is work with users to turn user ideas into features
> that are integrated into our apps, and a fellow member of this list
> reached out to me about the potential benefits of a navigation app for
> blind wheelchair users.
> In case you don't know, Super Lidar is our navigation app which
> translate the depth and distance analysis of Lidar into navigation
> features for the blind. I'd love to learn more about how everyone on
> this list would like to use mobile technology in your navigation
> experience so that maybe we can make some improvements for Super
> Lidar.
> 
> I'm excited to hear what you think!
> 
> All the best,
> -- 
> Shane Lowe.
> Community Operations Manager @ Mediate
> Mobile (call or text): +1 502-435-2671
> Learn more at http://supersense.app
> 
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