EyeShoes
Smart shoes for the visually impaired
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Welcome to

EyeShoes


Introduction



EyeShoes is a connected shoe sole that leads you in the city streets through gentle vibrations while powering itself with your footsteps. Our users range from visually impaired people to daily cyclists or Sunday joggers who want to find their way without looking at their smartphones.

Our product is a shoe sole and its dedicated mobile app. The shoe sole contains a microcontroller, a footstep electricity harvesting technology and a vibrator.

Thanks to its comfort and small-size, our clients don’t even feel the presence of EyeShoes sole under their feet.

The navigation uses Apple map's accurate navigation algorithm.

Lost ? EyeShoes mobile app recalculates your path in real time.

Forget your sense of direction, EyeShoes has a better one !


Product



Price


Name of component Quantity Price (£) Total price (£)
Microcontroller plus bluetooth module 1 4 4
Adafruit vibrating mini motor disc 1 1.3 1.3
RVFM ABT-441-RC Piezo Element Leaded 4200hz 27mm 6 0.36 2.16
Shoe sole 1 3 3
Diode 24 0.013 0.312
Varta 55615101501 NiMH 150H 1.2V 150mAh Rechargeable Button Cell Battery 4 1.38 5.52
Total cost per shoesole: 16.29

Selling price: 40£ for two shoesoles


How it works


  1. Replace your shoe soles with EyeShoes soles and download EyeShoes Apple mobile app
  2. Enter your destination in the EyeShoes mobile app that is connected to your sole
  3. Your shoes will vibrate to let you know where to direct yourself until your destination is reached