Students’ automated walking stick to help the blind get around easily

Ronald Kipkoech, Jared Wasonga and Nelson Odour, all physics students, are behind the innovation dubbed ‘Automation of the Blind Stick’.

“We were inspired to come up with this project after observing the dangers the blind face as they cross busy streets. They have to be in (the) company of relatives or friends whenever they want to go anywhere but with this stick, they will be in a position to move in areas that they could not in the past years,” Ronald Kipkoech, in his fourth year of study, says.