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"Anora": Smart glove for easier life of the blind and visually impaired
According to the association's estimates, there are 12,000 blind and partially sighted people in Serbia alone, who face numerous obstacles every day. However, owing to the smart glove "Anora", developed by the young team of the company Anoris, blind and partially sighted people will be able to orientate themselves in space, recognise colours, banknotes and objects, and guardians or friends will be able to follow their movements.
The Fund for Innovation Activity recognised the potential of the innovative project, which, owing to the funds of the European Union, supported the development of the innovative product Anora through the Early Development Programme.
Nikola Krstić, director of Anoris Technology, explains that the Anora glove detects the distance to objects live and returns vibrational feedback on how far objects are - something like radar. In addition, it detects colours, banknotes, pronounces dates and hours, and helps with orientation.
If you get lost, it can send your location to friends, guardians. It can detect medicine, objects. It has more than ten functions - all in one click. In addition, it is waterproof.
"With the help of the European Union and the Innovation Fund for Early Start-up Development, we have funded the development, primarily of glove hardware, to create sufficiently compact electronics with all the functions necessary for a blind person in everyday use. Also, one of the largest items in which we invested the time, effort and money is the glove design, so today we have only one unobtrusive design made of high-end material that can last for many years and can be used every day. We covered the two biggest items - hardware and design - with these funds,” says Krstić.
Journalist Milica Ćirić is one of the first potential users to try "Anora". "The appearance of this revolutionary, simple and practical device will make my everyday life more beautiful and simpler. It will contribute to the quality of life of the blind, but also to raising awareness about blind and partially sighted people and their needs," says Ćirić.
The support from the EU to innovations and competitiveness in Serbia has amounted to more than EUR 200 million from 2014 up to now. The assets intended for this sector are used for encouraging the increase in the quality of science, innovation and the connection to the European and international scientists and entrepreneurs, by which the competitiveness of the Serbian economy is increased. The EU encourages the development of science and innovation in order to create the technological prerequisites for the development of competitiveness and economy across Europe. The EU has made it possible to use a mutual investigative space and improvement in the countries of the EU, by which Serbian scientists have become visible to the European and world scientific community.