A Son's Love Drives His Passion to Innovate

 

When Ivo Vieira, CEO of lusospace, contacted me last month one thing was clear: He loves his Father. Ivo's dad was diagnosed with ALS in 2013 and has lost his voice. Traditional eye gaze technology is frustrating for him at best. But Ivo perceived an opportunity where others saw frustration and despair.

Ivo explained the technology his team had been working on. Eyeglasses which would project a virtual, eye gaze capable keyboard in the wearer's field of vision and would "speak" what is typed with the eyes thru built in speakers. Pretty cool.

The Hope-JG Foundation did some research and we decided to include  Mr. Vieira's new company, lusovu, and the glasses called Eyespeak, as our third Innovator.

Because ALS is an orphaned disease, it's almost always family, friends and the afflicted who are passionate for change. We love passion - and we love this concept.

To find out more, go to our Innovators page by clicking here. http://www.hope-jg.org/#!innovators/c23ff

Check out their Kickstarter campaign and think of the possibilities:)

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/886924859/eyespeak-beyond-communication