CarrotCane

About

CarrotCane is a DIY cane attachment to assist the blind and visually impaired.

Created for TinoHacks II, April 21-22 2018

Feature List

• Automatic detection of nearby objects with audible alarm and feedback when approaching too quickly
• Attach a smartphone to provide live GPS tracking and video feed
• Online supervisor console- give voice directions and monitor video feed for caneholder

Branch

• Master contains stable release
• Arduino contains C .ino files for Arduino IDE (avrdude)
• Mobile contains mobile ionic code

Technologies

Click here to access the Heroku console.

CarrotCane runs on a Node.js server with Socket.io, with Arduino hardware and a mobile interface written in Ionic.

Collaborators

• Ben Cuan
• Eric Qian
• Tai Nguyen