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How AI Guided’s Florence Chan helps the visually impaired navigate the world better with a smart belt

  • Writer: Chris McMillan
    Chris McMillan
  • Jan 5, 2025
  • 1 min read

The Tatler, Asia


3rd January 2025


How AI Guided’s Florence Chan helps the visually impaired navigate the world better with a smart belt

By Yoyo Chow


In a tech-savvy world, startup founder Florence Chan was shocked to learn that many visually impaired people still use traditional navigation aids. Her solution? An AI-powered belt


While pursuing a PhD in biomedical engineering, Florence Chan, co-founder and CEO of AI Guided, observed visually impaired individuals navigate a mall with a white cane and a guiding dog. She wondered: “If we could develop self-driving cars, could we also ‘autopilot’ a person?”


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