The future of inclusion and accessibility at Naidex
Europe’s most established trade, professional and public event dedicated to the care, rehabilitation and lifestyle of people with a disability or impairment, Naidex, returns for an unprecedented 45th year propelling industries into the future of inclusion,...
How to pick the correct length of a white cane for a blind person?
Commonly known by many names including blind cane, blind person walking stick or the blind people stick, the white cane or the long cane has helped the blind and the visually impaired to move freely and with ease for a very long time. The way that the cane is used is...
How to care for my blind elderly parent or relative?
Caring for a blind elderly parent or relative is never an easy task to do. Our late grandmother had cataract and glaucoma which eventually lead to blindness. There are several best practices that we, the family members and friends, could do to care for our blind...
How to cope with falling over due to blindness?
A survey interview by University of Santa Cruz of over 300 visually impaired persons. The survey interview categorised into legally blind and blind individuals, focusing on the frequency, nature, and causes of head–level and fall accidents. In this blog post, we...
BAWA Cane wins big at Selangor International Pitch 2018
We are proud to announce that we came home with a cool cash prize of USD13,000 (RM50,000) at the Selangor International Pitch on Friday, 14 September. The Selangor International Pitch was part of the Selangor Smart City & Digital Economy Convention 2018, held at...
VulcanPost: How These M’sians Are Using The Power Of The Internet To Make Walking Easier For The Blind
We strongly believe that it is our mission to revolutionize the way visually impaired could better perceive their environment by empowering them with technological support. To achieve our mission and exert maximum impact, we need to deploy as many BAWA Cane into the...
Accelerating Sarawak Agriculture with IoT
We are honored to be invited to share our knowledge and expertise on Internet of Things (IoT) and mentor participating teams during HackWeekend Kuching: Agro-IoT in conjuction with Sarawak Career and Training Fair (SCATFair) 2018 on the 7 to 10 March 2018. To begin...
Astro Awani: Smart cane like ‘Waze’ for the blind
Our startup journey featured on astroawani.com! Astro Awani is the in-house rolling television news and current affairs channel providing 24-hour news coverage including news in Malay. We are very fortunate and thankful that Astro Awani had dedicated a session to air...