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Visually Impaired Glassware

The Transensing Project Emphasizes Touch and Sound

— October 26, 2010 — Lifestyle
The unique Transensing project rightly observes and acknowledges the difficulties visually impaired individuals can have when socializing. By introducing glassware that emphasizes the importance of touch and sound, this initiative explores a different way of communicating.

Created by London-based product designer Christina Biliouri, the Transensing project involves embedding electronic gadgetry into the glassware. Comprised of 'Where Am I?,' 'In Between Bubbles' and 'The Sound of Memories,' each collection feeds off different emotions and interactions.
Trend Themes
1. Sensory Glassware - Introducing glassware that emphasizes touch and sound to improve the social experiences of visually impaired individuals presents a disruptive innovation opportunity for manufacturers if they can find practical and scalable ways to implement electronic gadgetry into their designs.
2. Connected Glassware - By incorporating electronic gadgetry into their designs, manufacturers of glassware can develop a new line of connected products that cater to the needs of visually impaired individuals and create an untapped market segment.
3. Smart Assistive Glassware - Developing smart assistive glassware powered by AI and other electronic gadgetry can create disruptive innovation opportunities for manufacturers and capture the untapped market of visually impaired individuals who require such products.
Industry Implications
1. Consumer Electronics - Consumer electronics companies that adopt the use of electronic gadgetry in their designs can develop new products that cater to the needs of visually impaired individuals.
2. Hospitality - Hotels and restaurants can invest in sensory glassware to provide visually impaired guests with an improved dining experience, creating a disruptive innovation within the hospitality industry.
3. Healthcare - By realizing the need for smart assistive glassware, healthcare providers can invest in new technologies, creating a disruptive innovation within the healthcare industry and improve the quality of life of visually impaired individuals.
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