Rice University Students Develop Vibration-Vest to Guide Blind Dogs Navigate

Rice University students develop vibration-vest to guide blind dogs navigate

A team of Rice University engineering students has developed a high-tech vest to help blind dogs navigate their environments more safely and independently. The wearable, inspired by a Houston dog named Kunde, uses real-time spatial sensing and vibrations to warn animals of nearby obstacles. The project began when Kunde's owners, Grant Belton and AJ Price, contacted Rice’s Oshman Engineering Design Kitchen for a solution to help their dog move fr…

Rice University students design high-tech vest to help blind dogs navigate

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.Read Entire Article