Zuby Onwuta: The Story of Think and Zoom Brain Control for Blind Assistive Tech

Sir Zuby Onwuta is a Harvard-MIT trained innovator, US Presidential Service Award recipient,
US Army Veteran, patented inventor of “Brain control for Blind Assistive Tech” and founder of “Think and Zoom” and “Future of Disability”.

Hardships from losing his medical studies, US Army and engineering careers to legal blindness disability, inspired him to invent and patent a solution that reads and responds to human brain waves, to provide hands-free vision augmentation and reading assistance.

He is the founder of Think and Zoom, a startup that is "creating a world where visual impairment no longer steals dreams or kills careers", and founder of Future of Disability, a publication celebrating the achievements of Disabled Tech Innovators from around the world.

As a Disability Advocate, he has spoken across 6 countries, TEDx, US Congress, United Nations, SXSW and more

As a global mentor impacting over 1,000 STEM students, he was awarded the US Presidential Service Award by President Barack Obama.

Previous work experience include software engineering roles at Lucent, Goldman Sachs & Co and IBM.

He holds a B.Sc. in Computer Engineering from UIC and Innovation certificates from MIT, Harvard and NSF.