.lumen, a European research startup dedicated to transforming the lives of the visually impaired, invites attendees to experience its revolutionary .lumen Glasses at CES 2025. Visit .lumen at the Venetian Expo, Hall G, Booth 60683 in Eureka Park, and witness firsthand how self-driving technology has been reimagined to empower the blind.
Founded by an innovator deeply inspired by his family's experience with disabilities, .lumen seeks to address the global shortage of scalable assistive solutions.
Glasses for the Blind
The first product that .lumen will ship, integrating PAD AI, is the Glasses for the Blind, which will empower them to live a better life.
There are 338 million visually impaired people today, and despite all the technological advancements, the most used mobility solutions are the walking cane and the guide dog. The guide dog is unanimously seen as a good option, but it has a few drawbacks. It costs between €40- €70K to buy one – and it can be a big responsibility for a blind person to provide care for such a companion. Because of this, there are only 28,000 guide dogs to 338 million individuals with visual disabilities. .lumen offers a solution that mimics the benefits of a guide dog without the drawbacks that make it a non-scalable solution. If a guide dog works by pulling the user's hand, the Glasses use patented haptic feedback to "pull" the user's head.
PAD AI is applicable in any situation where mobility on the pedestrian side of the infrastructure is required. Therefore, several opportunities as markets arise. Delivery Robotics – Last-mile delivery is the most expensive part of delivering goods as it is the least automated. Out of the €165 Billion last-mile yearly spending, €62 Billion is spent on the labor cost. While some companies are working on this, the huge technological barrier required to create the self-driving SW is the limitation. Also, current companies use pre-mapping or pre-routing, neither being scalable. .lumen has 3 USPs here:
• Initially designed for wearables, the toughest challenge, now far exceeding the reqs of a robot.
• Will handle up to apartment door delivery, not limited to sidewalk delivery. Understanding outdoor-indoor transitions is .lumen patented.
• The only SW Stack that will be purchasable rather than custom-developed by everyone. Navigating from outdoors to indoors is unique and the timing is perfect with the rise of legged and humanoid robotics, because, compared with the common wheeled robots, they can handle stairs, doors, and other challenges, currently only solvable by human delivery.
Other markets include:
• Outdoor Augmented Reality (AR) – PAD AI will enable manufacturers of Outdoor AR glasses to give situation-aware guidance to their users. For example, when one requests the AR Glasses to take them to a place, PAD AI will guide them up to the door, and indoors, not just nearby of the place like current navigation apps.
• Visually Impaired Guidance – PAD AI was initially designed to offer the same capabilities as a guide dog to the 300M+ visually impaired who can't have one. While a guide dog costs > €150.000 to be trained and maintained, a tech solution is more scalable.
Meet the Founder and Test the .lumen Glasses
Don't miss the chance to explore this game-changing innovation and meet the visionary founder of .lumen. Reserve a demo slot during CES 2025 and be part of the movement redefining accessibility through technology.