Based near the UC Berkeley campus in Berkeley, California, Blindsight® is an early stage R&D company focused on developing products and services for blind, low-vision and actively aging individuals.
We have been working on applying computer vision to assist the blind for over 10 years. One of our key successes is an object detection algorithm that is tuned to find text in natural environments.
Over the last two years, we have expanded into distributed assistance services. Our human factors partners include prominent institutes for visual disability and aging.
We are the grateful beneficiaries of a number of NIH Small Business Innovation Research grants.
Our mission
| Millions of people in the US have reduced mobility and independence from aging and/or loss of vision. As activities of daily living become more difficult or impossible for these people, help from family or paid in-home care is the only option that allows them to continue to live a full life.
Blindsight is staking out the middle ground between dependent life at home and living in an institution. The services we’re building will help restore mobility and extend independent life for millions of blind, low-vision and elderly people. Our challenge is to provide assistance with effectively zero error at minimal cost. We develop frequent product iterations and market tests, and a total focus on delivering assistance under real-world conditions. |
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