Zuko Mandlakazi
South Africa
The product addresses a deaf Person’s inability to hear sounds that could mean life or death for themselves and for their children. The device addresses this problem by making it possible for the deaf persons to receive everyday sounds or lifesaving sounds to their wrists through vibrations and color coded LED lights. This enables Deaf Persons to be in control of their lives. The product is a wrist wearable that picks up sounds via four different sensors placed in specific spatial areas and these sensors are in color blue, green, yellow and red. Sensors detect these sounds and communicate them to the wearer of the device. The wearer of the device then receives a vibration accompanied by the color-coded LED light of the specific sensor that has picked up the sounds. The orgaisation conducted focus groups in 8 different and filed patents in over 33 countries. run free trials with over 50 users, 90% of our users are main actors in our specific field but the product will retail for $246