Horizon scan, innovation. Sustainable and interactive ‘smart highways’
Daan Roosegaarde’s smart highways work as interactive environments that connect people. Instead of spending money on new cars…
We estimate that 4 million people will be living with sight loss in the UK by 2050. We need to better understand the problem from the individuals' perspective and identify integrated solutions to make cities enjoyable for everyone.
Watch our short films and find out more about the everyday challenges of people with sight loss and the remarkable ways which they are forced to overcome them.
Discover how we developed, trialled and tested our 3D soundscape technology on a route from Reading to London.
Learn about the emerging opportunities for city planners, architects, technologists and policy makers the world over.
Daan Roosegaarde’s smart highways work as interactive environments that connect people. Instead of spending money on new cars…
Developed by Tactile Sight, a spinoff of the University of Waterloo, the Tactile Belt functions much as a route planner such as Google…
Designed by Raynes Associates, Tacdots are easy to install and easy to use tactile wayfinding dots. The dots can be used for inside and…
Streetworks as temporary obstacles in one’s (familiar) environment leave blind people disoriented. This project aims to make…
The commercial potential of this space will drive developer innovation, producing cheaper and more powerful devices that people can use to…
This system in a Norwegian government building (Storehagen), identifies the location of different facilities and tenants within the…
These buttons were primary designed and developed for gaming purposes. But they could also be useful in creating a more inclusive phone or…
Sunglasses are worn by the user with a small digital video camera placed in the centre to capture visuals of the person’s…
TfL’s Travel Support Card is customisable through entering one’s specific details regarding the help required. This could be a…
232 Studios won a TfL competition that aimed to improve navigation information accessibility for colour blind people. The developed maps…
This design proposes a device that stores pre-set tactile personal routes that are accessed through a levelling display interface. The user…
As part of his master-thesis, Keiichi Matsuda created a video that illustrates how we may experience our physical environment in the future…