Discuss “Carnegie Mellon team develops disability-friendly devices”

Sometimes tech projects that make the largest impact don’t revolve around high-end, new technology. The key is the approach taken to finding a solution for the problem at hand, and being able to combine current technology with cutting-edge tech. Take Trinetra, for instance, a project that aims to develop cost-effective assistive technologies to provide blind people with a greater degree of independence in their daily activities. The Sanskrit word Trinetra refers to the powerful third eye of the Hindu god Shiva.

Trinetra was started by Priya Narasimhan, an assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering and computer science, who struck upon the idea for the project one day in December 2004 when she noticed how difficult it was...