Smart White Cane

This project is by Drayen Glover and advised by Dr. Yufeng Wang

The mechanical engineering senior project, The Smart White Cane, is a project that it used to help visually impaired people to be able to detect obstacles in their paths. The cane includes a unique feature of a small attachable electronic feature that will be able to effectively notify the user of not only the obstacles on the ground, but also obstacles that are above one’s waist.

Notifying the user of obstacles within their path at different frequencies based on the distance of an obstacle is the primary goal of this senior project.

The project will be entered into the Mayo Business Plan Competition. Which is a competition used to develop a viable business plan.