14.10.2024.
NOA is the mobility vest for people with blindness and low vision. It’s worn on the shoulders, with wide-angle cameras on the left of your chest, a small computer on the right, and a battery behind your neck. The perfect complement to white canes and guide dogs.
NOA identifies dangers with beeps in headphones, provides navigation instructions, describes your surroundings and helps you find objects such as crosswalks, stairs, doors or empty seats. All of that in a compact, hands-free device
What is NOA?
Navigation: NOA provides precise GPS navigation instructions in bone-conduction headphones, turn-by-turn. NOA’s GPS supports O&M rules, such as minimizing the number of intersections. It specifically describes where crosswalks are, or the angle of your upcoming turn.
Obstacle: NOA has 3 cameras, to replicate the field of view of the human eye. It can even see in the dark. The cameras warn about obstacles such as low-hanging branches, holes, electric scooters, or traffic signs, with “beeps” in headphones. Powered by self-driving car software jointly developed with Honda Research Institute.
AI: Simply press the button on the right of the vest to get a more precise description of your surroundings. Based on your intent, NOA describes how to cross the street, how to exit a place, where stairs are.
- 2 batteries delivered for up to 6 hours of walk time.
- NOA produces audio feedback, played in bone-conduction headphones, to leave your ears free.
Following a successful market entry in ten countries, the company has signed three distribution partnerships to fuel its US launch.
Biped.ai specializes in innovative AI-powered navigation devices designed to enhance mobility for blind and visually impaired individuals.
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