Echo

...

Echo ...

The Echo Belt

Problem​​

  • 7.6M+ Americans live with visual disability​

  •  Visual impairment limits mobility, independence, and safety​

  • Lack of hands-free, full-environment awareness​

Opportunity​

  • Affordable wearable navigation support through institutional adoption ​

  • Expand environmental​

    awareness to 360° sensing​

  • Hands-free, accessible navigation solution

Solution

  • The Echo Belt - A wearable ultrasonic sensing belt that detects obstacles and communicates their location through waist-based haptic vibrations, providing a comfortable, hands-free way for visually impaired users to navigate with greater confidence and independence.​

​

About Our Product

Visual impairment affects millions of people worldwide and creates significant personal and economic challenges, highlighting the need of a method that increases the blind and visually impaired (BV/I) community's daily independence and safety. There needs to be a way to address environmental navigation in the B/VI community that provides a safe way to develop their natural orientation, mobility, and independence.​ We created a wearable ultrasonic sensing belt that detects obstacles and communicates their location through waist-based haptic vibrations, providing a comfortable, hands-free way for visually impaired users to navigate with greater confidence and independence.​

What’s the Market Like?

There is a growing market for assistive technology, with this we expect to see an increase in sales. Our primary users will be blind and visually impaired individuals seeking safer, more independent navigation (especially those newly adapting to vision loss)​. However, our primary customers are rehabilitation centers, VA programs, and assistive technology providers purchasing in bulk​.

  • We have 5 main competitors: Guidance Cane, Guide Dogs, Sunu Band, WeWalk Smart Cane, Smart Glasses

    • Hands-free design​

      • No reliance on handheld tools​

    • 360° environmental awareness​

      • Broader detection than directional devices through hapticfeedback​

    • Affordable & simple​

      • Lower cost than AI-based solutions with minimal training​

    • Scalable through institutions​

      • Faster adoption

    • 8 Ultrasonic Sensors

      • Wide are of Haptic Feedback

Contact Us

Interested in working together? Fill out some info and we will be in touch shortly. We can’t wait to hear from you!