Glidance CEO and founder Amos Miller showed Brainstorm AI the company’s walking device aimed to help the blind regain independence.
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00:00I think that the presenter told there's 1 million blind people actually, if you count low vision, 2 million, 3 million.
00:07The largest guide dog school trained 225 dogs last year.
00:12It's completely out of whack.
00:15The system is simply unable to cope with the volume and is failing millions of people who want to get out and about.
00:23Work at Glidance is pioneering the era of intelligent guides.
00:28Glide is an intelligent guide, two wheels on the ground, a long handle, you hold on to the handle, you nudge the device forward.
00:37It uses autonomous driving technology to guide the person, keep you on a safe path, steer you around obstacles and take you all the way to your destination.
00:46Most blind people can afford to have a cell phone.
00:50Glide is designed to cost like a cell phone.
00:54$14.99 for the device, a $30 subscription, making mobility accessible to millions of people rather than just thousands.