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CES 2025: Soliddd Vision Correction for Macular Degeneration

Allison interviews Motti Attia from Soliddd about their technology to improve vision for those suffering from macular degeneration. Soliddd has a new kind of electronic eyeglasses that beam light in parallel rays to the retina. The key here is that the rays illuminate a smaller version of the same image multiplied 64 times in a […]

CES 2025: Tombot Robotic Puppies for Those Facing Health Adversities

Allison interviews Tom Stevens, CEO and Founder of Tombot, about their robotic puppies designed to comfort those with health adversities. The Tombot puppy, Jennie, is very lifelike with fur, eye motion, body movement, and tail wagging modeled after a 3-month-old Labrador puppy. Jennie stays in the owner’s lap and reacts to petting and stroking through […]

CSUN 2024: Index Braille High-Speed Embossers

Allison interviews Mikael Vikman Sunna, CEO of Index Braille about their affordable braille printers. Index Braille offers a full line of braille printers ranging from small and portable to full-size and high-speed embossers for production use. The Basic-D V5 is a portable tractor-fed braille embosser weighing 16.7 lbs. It handles double-sided braille and prints at […]

CSUN 2024: ReBokeh iOS App for People with Vision Impairment

Allison interviews Emerson Maggi from ReBokeh about their iOS app that helps people with low vision use their iPhone more easily. Rebokeh is working on a similar app for Android phones. The ReBokeh app makes use of the camera on your existing iOS device and enables adjustments to contrast, brightness, colors, and inversion filters. It […]

View looking obliquely down from above of a corporate campus including concrete & glass buildings. Between the building lies a courtyard containing grass, trees, walkways, and a pond with a bridge crossing it. A man wearing sunglasses and using a pair of crutches to stand looks up at the virtual camera. Mountains are visible at the horizon in the distance with the sun setting behind them.

CSUN 2024: XR Navigation Audiom Inclusive Digital Map

Allison interviews Chris Toth, CTO and Co-Founder of XR Navigation. His company provides the Audiom digital map service that is accessible to people who are blind or visually impaired. Audiom pulls GeoJSON map data from standard digital maps and renders the information into 3D audio. This audio can be used to navigate to a desired […]

CSUN 2024: Sony OTC Hearing Aids

Allison interviews Lauren Reynolds from Sony about their new self-fitting, over-the-counter hearing aids. Since these hearing aids do not require an evaluation and fitting from an audiologist, they are much less expensive and are easier to purchase than traditional hearing aids. Sony’s hearing aids come in a couple form factors. The CRE-C10 self-fitting hearing aids […]

Front view of Brava smart oven on a kitchen countertop. The oven is about the size of a color laser printer and has a stainless steel finish with black upper and lower surfaces. The version shown has a front door nearly the size of the oven with a single handle that extends horizontally across the top of the door.

CSUN 2024: Brava Smart Oven that Cooks with Light

Allison interviews Travis Rea about the Brava smart oven that cooks with light. Brava uses coordinated pulses of infrared light to cook hotter, faster, and with more precision than conventional or microwave ovens. It is hot and fast enough to cook a meal in less time than it takes to preheat a conventional oven. Brava’s […]

Ten B.fter paint containers with the following color/scent combinations: Red/Cherry, Orange/Orange, Yellow/Lemon, Green/Mint, Blue/Aqua, Prussian Blue/Earl Gray, Violet/Lavender, Brown/Wood, White/Cotton, and Black/Vanilla.

CSUN 2024: B.fter Aroma Art for Visually Impaired People

Allison interviews Angela Maeng from Another Day about their B.fter Aroma Art designed specifically for visually impaired people. B.fter is a paint kit designed to help the user distinguish colors by having a unique nature-oriented scent assigned to each color. Examples of the many scent/color combinations include lemon for yellow, cherry for red, and lavender […]

Front view of the handheld Annie device. It's the size of a handheld gaming controller and has a white plastic case with red and white buttons. Visible on the top row of Annie are twin braille cells on the left, speakers in the center, and a standard 6-cell braille display on the right. The middle portion of Annie is composed of a standard braille keyboard with large buttons. Below that is a digital braille slate that lets children input braille characters using a stylus. And finally, at the bottom of Annie are three large buttons for left right/right cursor movement and entry.

CSUN 2024: Annie Self-Learning Braille Literacy Device

Allison interviews Thinkerbell Labs CEO and Co-Founder, Sanskriti Dawle, about their braille literacy device that helps children learn how to read, write, and type in braille. The handheld device, called Annie, uses gamified and interactive content to help make learning braille fun. A friendly human voice guides students in their local language, thus making learning […]

Cato device is a small (1.5"x1.5") black rounded rectangle and about 1" thick. It has two small black rectangular protrusions top and bottom on the face and the word "cato" printed in gold lower-case print. A small rounded rectangular opening is located on one side of the device.

CSUN 2024: Cato Motion-Based Wearable Alternative to Eye Gaze Control

Allison interviews Auli Co-Founder, Spero Koulouras, about their alternative to eye gaze to control applications and devices. Auli’s Cato device empowers people with motor disabilities by providing familiar customizable control of electronic devices. Cato is a motion-based wearable device that controls Windows, macOS, and Chromebook computers by emulating mouse and keyboard input. It also operates […]

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