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6 Dot Innovations

Portable Braille Labeling Technology

Co-Founder / Product / Manufacturing / Distribution / Strategy
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How might we

Revolutionize assistive technology for the blind?

Everyday over 285 million people with blindness and low vision encounter non-tactle labels making it difficult to locate/use personal items, food, appliances and more.

User Research Insights

That helped shape our lens
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Braille Quality

"Braille quality is very important ensure dots are raised"

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Portability

"I wish I could carry my labeler around"

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Cost modeling

"Current labelers are pricey, can you make it cheaper?"

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Ease of use

"I would be helpful if it was motorized, hand powered labelers are very hard to use"


Research Insights

Major takeaways

Guiding Design Principles

That helped define our business objectives
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How might we

Incorporate sustainable engineering, manufacturing, and development practises?

By engineering an entirely new electro-mechanical technology our team reduce the volume by 4x and cost by 300% creating the 1st scalable Braille labeling solution.

Engineering Takeaways

Learned through experimentation

Engineering Insights

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Final Result

We got Acquired

With hard work and support from StartX we shipped our product nationwide and were acquired soon after by a larger assistive tech company.
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My Role

Co-Founder / Creative + Engineering

As co-founder and creative lead at 6 Dot Innovations I assisted in commercializing an assistive technology that hadn’t been disrupted in 50 years.

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