See in complete darkness with touch

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I got nerd sniped by a great comment in a previous video. The idea was to make some kind of device to let blind people perceive their surroundings. The specific suggestion was to make some kind of a vest. Ultimately I ended up making an iPad case that uses the sensors in the iPad to perceive the surroundings and communicates through tactile feedback via a special hand grip. It was a fun project and turned out pretty neat.

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Parts used in this build:

Books that I've read to learn many of the skills used in this project:

Other tools and things that I think are great:

"_IMG7503" by OzAdr1an is licensed under CC BY 2.0

[ncstudio]

You should call it the "Eyepad"

[Rothardeo]

It's not usual that such high quality content gets published this frequently. Thank you.

[CookieCutter]

*this is the content youtube should be promoted*

[enforalla]

Father to a blind son 6yrs old, turned blind 1, 5yrs ago. He “watches” (listens) to his iPad regularly. Have been following your channel but this one I had missed, came up as a recommendation.
People like you (and your supporting wife) gives me and my family hope that with tech everything is possible! And to all of you saying that a cane still is better, no, not to a kid that also wants cool tech!
Thank you!

[parisye]

Imagine being this intelligent. Your work is helping the world

[BuddhaFett]

As someone who’s legally blind and will be completely blind in a few years this is a neat idea.

[sassafrasofficial]

"so I've been thinking a lot about guided missiles"

[carazy_]

Hey, as an engineering student, your workshop and ideas are really cool to me! I think it’d be nice if you had a video walking through your shop/tools, explaining what they’re for and how you went about building such an impressive shop! And, it could be a nice low-effort bit of content in-between more difficult projects. Just an idea!

[eltee]

This guy has done more in quarantine than I’ve done in 29 years.

[slimjimi]

Alt title “man makes himself into a roomba”

[DarkShadow_]

He really said "Turn around so I can test the front" to his wife

*What a classic*

[np]

this dude is borderline genius. Or just a regular ol' genius

[toobeast]

10:45 iPhone 12 pro just got LiDAR maybe we’ll see a part 2

[FMG一D亞W]

My late father tried to do something similar to this 15 years ago. The final objective was to help blind people, but since he worked in aerospace, the first prototype was to have a warning system for astronauts so they could "see" on their backs with feedback through a vest. It never got past the part of cheking sensitivity, kinda like you do at 5:15... But yeah, it brings me memories.

[sethkessler]

Hes like Mark Rober combined with Casually Explained

[nib]

stuff made here: spends many hours on an accurate device to tell where you are
Micheal Reeves: taser goes

[davishall]

This could be life-changing for people, nice job man!

[deziograff]

This could be adapted into a smart cane for the blind as you wouldn’t need a screen (if you could manage to separate the idar )... so much potential as a real product

[robbierobinson]

"Now turn around so I can test the front"- What every chiropractor said before they went to jail.

[TooManySnapz]

I subbed like a week ago after his stuff got on my recommended. Pardon my profanity, but holy h*ck this guy can change the world. He explains everything in depth but keeps it concise so it’s easier to understand. This is now one of the few channels I genuinely am excited to see what he has coming next.