Healthredesigned

With a touch of a button, a blind person can get a little help with everyday tasks. When Hans Jorgen Wiberg was just 25 and about to take over his parent’s farm, he started losing his sight. He went from having a normal 180-degree vision to a vision of five degrees. This means that he can just about read the text on his mobile phone, but uses a cane when walking around. Knowing a treatment has yet to exist for his condition, he was confident that technology could somehow help the blind and visually impaired carry out simple tasks, making their lives a little bit easier. He created Be My Eyes, a free mobile app that connects blind and visually impaired people with sighted volunteers, helping them solve all kinds of daily challenges. In this episode of HealthRedesigned, we chat with Hans, the founder of Be My Eyes who discusses how the app is empowering the blind and visually impaired to lead more independent lives while spurring a micro-volunteering movement that involves over 800,000 volunteers worldwide. Lis