RESPONSIBLE ENTREPRENEURSHIP VISION DEVELOPMENT AND ETHICS

316 RESPONSIBLE ENTREPRENEURSHIP
uct, different requirements from them came on the scene. The partners in France mentioned
that the survey was conducted in regards to this new technology adoption, it came to attention
that facial recognition feature is highly liked by the blind and visually impaired people
living there, but they did not like the 5-zone sensing capabilities. And when Luxemburg partners
communicated the same pilot test with their users, the outcome suggested the use of facial
recognition was highly liked, whereas 5-zones obstacle detection was not highly liked by their
users. Since the project is in the experimentation phase of technology transfer, so there has
to be the embedding of features, which are important to internationalizing the concept.
Sustainable product: “XploR” Smart Cane
The designing and development of new technologies does not solely reflect sustainable
innovation but considers minimising the negative impacts on the economy, social and environment
collectively. The economic growth necessitates product innovation as an integral part
of the sustainable product. Competitive advantage is achieved through sustainability and successful
innovation that has informed the methodology of the “XploR” project. The different
levels of innovations are engaged in developing as well as developed countries to enhance
strategic growth, so “XploR” has been designed with a wide range of functionalities those
could be applied and tailored to improve the system, services, efficiency and social qualities
of products. The “XploR” project has encompassed the approaches of radical and incremental
innovation targeting development of new a product enhancing the existing canes patterns
and features. A complete re-thinking approach has been applied for “XploR” development
keeping in view the user’s needs. The “XploR” cane is designed to create a successful solution
not only for the developed countries but also for the developing countries with the help
of local communities.
The working and features of “XploR” is elaborated through various parts of this paper.
This sustainable product is designed having multiple features of facial recognition, haptic touch,
sensing capabilities and GPS navigations. A usability interface “Options Interface” has been
added to the design to ensure meeting the requirements of international market demands regardless
of the facts, they want to use some features or not. The users would have the options to
choose from. A detachable handle is used to make the cane length adjustable. This device
runs on rechargeable batteries eliminating the inconvenience caused for visually impaired and
blind people to open battery pack and change them.