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A Cane for the Blind that Senses Tall Obstacles

As an undergraduate studying computer science and engineering in New Delhi, Rohan Paul, the son of two doctors, took on a class project working with the blind. He learned that the white cane, which many visually impaired people depend on for mobility, has a major shortcoming: It doesn’t allow users to detect obstacles at or above knee level, such as tree branches, road barriers, car doors and clotheslines…

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ARAB HEALTH 2016 – Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Centre

Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Centre

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Designing Medical Devices for the Poorest Four Billion

Let’s say you have developed a great prototype, but the prototype needs to get to market. It needs to get to commercialization. Commercialization is key to impact, but we have a real shortage of groups that will support the “unsexy” part of product development – scaling. My plea is – particularly to funders – to focus support on the valley of death between proof-of-concept and commercialization. Without it, there is no impact at scale.

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India Medical Expo 2016 @ Balgelore

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For a frugal way to save lives

India’s healthcare infrastructure is dismal, and the poor spend more than half of their income to meet medical needs. Fortunately, as these three stories show, entrepreneurship is joining hands with frugal engineering to make amends.

Anapoorni is a 44-year-old mother of four, and a domestic help in Chennai’s West Mambalam. But her four children, two daughters and two sons, would have actually been five…

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VIP Visit – 2015

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Another feather in the cap of the smartcane team

SmartCane manufactured by Phoenix in partnership with IIT Delhi , Saksham trust and wellcome trust receives national award from Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.

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Phoenix Delivery Table

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Guest Talk 2015 – 2015

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Medica 2015 – Germany

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