Byeonghun Kim and Dmitri Dong Kook Yoon of the expert AI collective “weye” aim to resolve social issues via technological R&D, and hope to share the fruit with everyone by making their technology open source.
This project is a system developed to make public transport more accessible for visually impaired individuals and wheelchair users. The light-weight AI camera device can recognize and provide sound signals for obstacles, doors, and getting on and off a bus. This information is given through bone conduction headphones to keep the ear canal free. weye hopes to disseminate mobility for everybody on a daily basis with its simple headset and device.