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Rice University students design high-tech vest to help blind dogs navigate | The haptic wearable shows promise for broader medical applications
The project began when Kunde's owners, Grant Belton and AJ Price, reached out to Rice University's Oshman Engineering Design Kitchen, hoping for a solution that would let...
The project began when Kunde's owners, Grant Belton and AJ Price, reached out to Rice University's Oshman Engineering Design Kitchen, hoping for a solution that would let their dog, who lost his vision to glaucoma, move freely and safely. "Kind of like giving Kunde a second set of eyes, the cameras create a depth map," explained Tsai, the freshman electrical engineering major who designed the vest's motor control system. Brent, a junior electrical engineering major, led the stereo imaging and data processing work, while Vuong and De Sousa focused on integrating the systems and designing the physical vest.
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