Sunu

About the offering

Navigation and mobility are an everyday challenge for the visually impaired. For most of us, walking to work, to the store or enjoying a stroll around the park may be just another part of our day-to-day. But for the 285 million people who are blind and visually impaired, getting around can be one of the most challenging chores of their day. Mobility is an everyday challenge for people who are blind and low vision. The constant loss of orientation, the inability to protect the body against obstacles in the environment and missing out on important cues for navigation means frequent accidents, frustration and anxiety. Mobility and access to information are the essential cornerstones of independent living. Unfortunately, most aids only offer a… Solution - The smart-band with Sonar obstacle detection and GPS navigation that enhances independence for the blind. Sunu Band is here to help people with visual impairments travel with confidence. It is the only smart-band that informs the user of obstacles using realtime haptic feedback, while providing meaningful location and navigation information through voice feedback. The Sunu Band uses sonar or echolocation technology to detect objects up to 16 feet or 5 meters away. Then haptic vibration feedback informs the user on how close (or far away) they are is to an obstacle in realtime. When Sunu Band is connected to its mobile app, the user can also access location information from the smart-band like nearby places, street names, intersections,…

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