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UCL researchers create ‘smart stick’ for visually impaired people

17 July 2019

Nine-year-old Mihika Sharma’s design of a cane with sensors to help visually impaired people won BT’s Primary Engineer Leaders’ Award. Students Dan Mannion, Nedeen Alsharif and Dipen Upadhyaya (UCL Electronic & Electrical Engineering) helped her create the first prototype.

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