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    I went blind at nearly 23 years old. I had never met another blind

person in my life, so you can imagine my shock when I discovered just how

many blind people there are. In the U.S. there are 1.3 million, and

over 160 million worldwide. So I asked myself, “why didn't I

know that so many blind people exist?” The little scars upon my forehead prove that i literally stumbled upon this answer.  The fact is, a large

percentage of the blind community do not feel comfortable leaving the

safety of their homes and familiar surroundings due to fear of injury.

I will explain my biggest fear by telling you a story about a good

blind friend of mine, whom I met at guide dog school. She was

walking through her house one day and stepped on a Lego.

She quickly bent to retrieve it from the floor.  When she did the pointed back of a misplaced chair punctured her eyeball.  When she stood back up the contents of her eye literally spilled out onto the floor.  I can't help but think that accidents like this can and should be prevented. 

Now, we live in amazing times where a blast of air can blow a single undesirable potato chip out of the midair from a conveyor belt in a potato chip factory using sensors, mechanics, and a computer.  An age where a robot can vacuum your home and a car can park itself however, the sight impaired for the most part still rely only on the cane and the guide dog.  It is a tragedy that technology has forgotten the disabled and sight impaired.  The cane came first, which probably originated by a blind man picking up a stick and using it to find his way around his cave. Next about one hundred years ago, someone came up with the idea of the guide dog. Both are practical ideas and I really enjoy working with my guide dog, but neither are effective at protecting the head, face and upper body. For some reason no one has offered a product using modern technology to sove this problem-until now!

 Sincerely,