Light Cane: An Augmented Blind Cane to Help Users to Cross the Street

Nowadays there are many ways and artefacts designed to help blind and visually impaired people to develop a somehow normal life, besides the solidarity and empathy other people could feel towards them. However, we're not always there to help them or to guide them, simply because we don't know what it is that they really want when we see them standing on the side of the road. Our proposal, Light Cane, is an augmented cane for blind people which will help them to cross the street and also, to indicate when a blind person requires help. In this way, we will create a sense of security with the cane, also will overcome the fear of getting lost. Light Cane tries to be an auxiliary for the people with low vision or blind who has to walk the streets on their own.