Wearable personal assistant for blind people

Designed by Swiss AI company Eyra, Horus is a smart headset that uses bone conduction to audibly describe what is nearby, including faces and texts.

Switzerland10 Nov 2016
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Horus is a wearable personal assistant for people with visual impairment. Created by Swiss artificial intelligence company Eyra, the headset connects to a smartphone-sized control unit that users can keep in their pocket or bag. The cameras on the headset send images to the pocket computer where machine learning algorithms translate the information into real time audible descriptions. From navigating to reading texts and recognizing faces, Horus gets smarter with use. Bone conduction allows the audio description to be heard only by the wearer and without interfering with the usual processes of hearing. If a wearer uses a hearing aid,…

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