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The Municipality of Cluj-Napoca is the local government body responsible for administering Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
The Municipality of Cluj-Napoca, as the city’s local government, oversees various aspects of urban life. This includes managing public services, infrastructure, and finances. The municipality also plays a role in urban planning, cultural development, and social programs.
Cluj-Napoca strives for an inclusive city, but some public spaces such as historic areas pose a barrier for the visually impaired. Modifying these areas can be expensive and damage cultural heritage.
The municipality of Cluj-Napoca is looking for scalable, innovative solutions to enhance the accessibility of public spaces, empowering visually impaired residents to engage fully in city life.
.lumen is the start-up that builds glasses which empower the blind to live a better life.
There are 338 million visually impaired people today, and despite all the technological advancements, the most used mobility solutions are still the walking cane and the guide dog. The guide dog is unanimously seen as a good option, but it has a few drawbacks. It costs between €30-€60K to train a single guide dog – and it can be a big responsibility for a blind person to provide care for such a companion.
.lumen offers a solution that mimics the benefits of a guide dog without the drawbacks that make it a non-scalable solution. The .lumen solution is aligned with the challenge in the following ways:
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme under the Grant Agreement 101071212.
Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency (EISMEA). Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.
