Amerability
NFL Blind Flag Football
Approximately 1 million people in the United States experience blindness or low-vision conditions. Despite football being the most popular American sport, accessibility in football is an underexplored field. This team developed the first rechargeable football with variable haptic and auditory feedback. Changing haptic patterns indicate proximity to the endzone, while pulse and continuous modes of auditory feedback relay whether the ball is airborne or carried. This technology enables people with varying levels of blindness to play an adapted version of flag football by signaling the location and state of the ball.
Students
Faculty Adviser(s)
Yiyue Luo, Electrical & Computer Engineering
Rajesh Subramanyan, Electrical & Computer Engineering
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