Touchnav
Touchnav Navigation Cane by Jifeng Shen, Tianhao Liu and Guanghui Huang is a winner of the 2024 Bronze A' Design Award in Product Engineering and Technical Design.
Touchnav is a Bronze A' Design Award winner, a much prestigious recognition granted to outstanding designs distinguished by creativity, ingenuity, and astuteness.
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Touchnav is an innovative navigation aid that enables blind individuals to navigate independently, offering a heightened sense of security. Its tactile progress bar enhances users' awareness of their journey's progress, improving spatial awareness and safety. Memory point vibrations provide gentle guidance, strengthening users' connection to their environment. More than a mere tool, Touchnav is a supportive companion that boosts the confidence and safety of visually impaired users, empowering them to confidently engage with the world around them.
Featured Design
Touchnav by Jifeng Shen, Tianhao Liu and Guanghui Huang
Core Functionality
Navigation Cane
Accolades
Product Engineering and Technical Design Award Winner in 2024.
Bronze Winner
Touchnav Navigation Cane
Touchnav is a Bronze A' Design Award winner, a much prestigious recognition granted to outstanding designs distinguished by creativity, ingenuity, and astuteness. Bronze winners are amply skillful and strikingly creative artifacts that authenticate the vast experience, imagination, and resourcefulness of their designers. Touchnav is expected to be a highly-regarded, admired, and cherished object that is notably professional and innovative. This Bronze A' Design Award-winning design incorporates best practices in art, science, design, and technology, and is excellent for its attention to detail. Touchnav splendidly satisfies needs, touches desires, charms feelings, and appeals to curiosity.
Winner Designer
Jifeng Shen, Tianhao Liu and Guanghui Huang
Tianhao Liu is a multidisciplinary designer and programmer with bachelor's degrees in Industrial Design and Computer Science. He is currently pursuing a Master's degree in Design Management at the Macau University of Science and Technology. He has studied robotics in Guangdong-Hong Kong and has worked as an interaction designer, specializing in design practices using smart hardware and artificial intelligence technologies. He has been involved in the design and development of multiple smart hardware projects and innovative design initiatives. During his undergraduate studies, he also received numerous awards in design.
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Touchnav
The Touchnav team, comprised of five university students from diverse academic backgrounds, is committed to enhancing the independence and safety of visually impaired individuals with their innovative navigation cane. Their inventive solution, Touchnav, transforms environmental data into tactile feedback, enabling users to navigate with confidence and ease. This interdisciplinary team melds a unique combination of creativity and technical expertise to advance accessibility and champion inclusivity. In developing Touchnav, they are not merely crafting a navigation tool but are nurturing a more interconnected and supportive community for the visually impaired. Their collaborative endeavour demonstrates a profound comprehension of the complex challenges faced by the visually impaired community and a dedicated pursuit to instigate positive social change through cohesive technological innovations.
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