Featured Projects
AI + Inclusion: The Future of City Navigation
Technology is growing faster than we have ever seen, but it is not always accessible to people in overlooked communities, such as people who are blind or have low vision. Sponsored by Microsoft AI for Acessibility grants, Olin College Microsoft SCOPE team leveraged open data sets and Microsoft Azure Cognitive Services to address some of the challenges these individuals face when navigating in a city. VIA (Virtual Interpretation of Areas) is a desktop application built for and with the blind and visually impaired community. Before visiting areas in person, users can virtually explore and get information relevant to them.
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Musical Cane Game
An orientation and mobility learning game that empoweres an O&M instructor by motivating students with sounds, music, and beep noises during cane tutorials. This project has been initiated and maintained by Olin College professor Paul Ruvolo. Orientation and Mobility refers to a set of skills that consists of knowing where you are in an environment, understanding how to navigate to a place of interest, and how to move about safely within an environment. While these skills are vital to the independence of students who are picking up their cane skills, their motivation to practice these skills is often low. Through the use of the concept of gamified learning, we made this essential process more engaging and effective for students.
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WorldPSC.NET
An online community equipped with unique search system for PSC (Port State Control) documents, regulations, MOUs.
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BuildingBlox
An online community for preschool teachers to share ideas and custom designs for physical Blox platform which empowers preschool teachers to build and design custom immersive learning space for kids.
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Futureboard
A digital signage platform for sharing video and other media, supplemented by information about events happening on campus.