Here we have our crew brainstorming ideas for the Steek.
We first came up with an idea for a scooter we would call the Skeeter. Our idea was to develop a high-tech scooter that drove blind people around like an autonomous robot. Due to the complexity of the product, we decided to dump the idea for now. Then we came up with the Cyclops. These are glasses that scan the area in front of person and identifies objects. The Cyclops would then tell the person wearing the glasses what the object is and its location relative to the glasses. But we thought that would be hard to make and easy to lose. Finally we decided on an idea we could manage. What do many blind people already have and use every day? A cane. Our idea starts with that cane, which we call the Steek.
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