Empathy By Design by Alondra Christian

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Empathy By Design

Published on Jan 11, 2016

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Empathy by Design

by: Alondra CHRISTIAN

Seeing with the eyes of another, Listening with the ears of another, and Feeling with the Heart of Another.

Empathy is...

39 MILLION PEOPLE IN THE WORLD are blind

246 MILLION HAVE LOW VISION

Photo by H o l l y.

sends electrodes to the tongue to navigate around

bRAinPort v100

400 POINT BRAILLE dISPLAY

the problem? it costs $10,000 per unit

MY IDEA?

IMPROVE AND REDUCE $$$

Implement a system within the device

allows patients to see black-and-white contrast points

Photo by Daniel Kulinski

90% OF VISUALLY IMPAIRED LIVE IN LOW-INCOME SETTINGS

REDUCING bRAINpORT V100's cost to $5000

THE redesigned "BrainPort A100" will be advertised

across a variety of resources including medical and local training facilities

SEE THE POSSIBILITY. IGNORE THE DISABILITY. hELP OTHERS

Alondra Christian