[blindza] FW: Helping the Blind to See
- From: "Jacob Kruger" <jacobk@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "BlindZA" <blindza@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2007 09:57:00 +0200
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Helping the Blind to See.
EyePlusPlus, Inc, a Japanese company, has established their North American
Headquarters
in the Beachwood Business Development Center, located in Beachwood, Ohio,
and has hired
local staff.
EyePlusPlus has developed a patented technology for helping the blind and
the visually
impaired, with proper training, to visualize the world. By utilizing sensory
substitution
systems involving a lens mounted on eyeglasses, a headband providing tactile
sensations
to the forehead and a miniaturized battery powered computer controller, the
EyePlusPlus
Forehead Sensory Recognition System (FSRS) can help the blind and the
visually impaired
to greater mobility and interaction with the world.
Yonezo Kanno, President of EyePlusPlus said, "Though sensory substitution
through
electrical stimulation was proposed in the 1960's, using the forehead as a
stimulation
area is quite a new approach. Furthermore, is easy to put on and take off."
"I was amazed," said Tom Sudow, Executive Director of the Beachwood Chamber
of Commerce.
"I watched a blind person wearing sunglasses and black head band, with a
wire running
down to a fanny pack containing a small computer, actually identify shapes.
'Triangle,
rectangle' he yelled. This was an OH WOW experience for me. This
demonstration showed
how an innovation like this can improve the quality of life for blind
people."
Launched in June 2004 in a unique collaboration between the Beachwood
Chamber of
Commerce, the City of Beachwood and the Nance College of Business
Administration at
Cleveland State University, The Beachwood Business Development Center (BBDC)
is a
business accelerator for companies who wish to develop a U.S. presence and
for local
start-ups. Housed within an 11,500-square foot office in the heart of
Beachwood's
business corridor, the BBDC is home to over 20 domestic and international
firms from
a variety of industries.
EyePlusPlus joins companies from Israel, France, China, and the U.S. in the
Beachwood
Business Development Center.
EyePlusPlus was introduced to Beachwood by Harlan Jacobs, president of
Genesis Business
Centers, Ltd., a diversified high tech, for-profit incubator program in
Minneapolis.
Genesis works with community development organizations looking to recruit
high tech
companies.
For more information, call Thomas N. Sudow, Executive Director, Beachwood
Chamber of
Commerce, (216) 831-0003 or (216) 396-4030, by email at
tom@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Source URL:
http://cleveland.dbusinessnews.com/shownews.php?newsid=124409
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