Sanofi Chief Says Mobile Can Help Blind People "See"

Robert Beckman, CEO of medical firm Wicab, is looking to mobile and wireless technologies to improve the company’s first-generation ‘BrainPort V100’ device, which is designed to help totally blind people ‘see’ by translating digital information from a video camera into electrical stimulation patterns on the surface of the tongue.

Users feel moving “bubble-like patterns” on their tongue, which they learn to interpret as the shape, size, location and motion of objects in their environment.

Hey, check out all the engineering jobs. Post your resume today!

Back to news