AWARD YEAR
2017
CATEGORY
Work
GOALS
Reduced Inequality
KEYWORDS
disabilities, drones, job creation
COUNTRY
France
DESIGNED BY
Kindai & LADAPT
WEBSITE
http://makezine.com/2016/06/20/handidrone-brings-fpv-flying-to-people-with-disabilities/
HandiDrone
French innovation creates hope and job opportunities for people with reduced mobility
The Digital Agency Kindai teamed up with LADAPT, a French association for social and professional involvement of people with disabilities, to create a skybreaking support program for people with disabilities: HandiDrone!
The aim? Allowing people with reduced mobility and disabilities to rediscover semi-forgotten sensations through FPV (First Person View) and also to discover an emerging job: Drone Pilot. Flying an FPV Drone for the first time is a thrilling experience. You mentally leave your body to fly in the air through bird eyes.
Around 10 per cent of the world’s population, or roughly 650 million people, live with a disability. There is no such thing as an out of the box Drone for disabled people. The challenge is to design low budget DIY Drone Mods for people with reduced mobility to fly anywhere in the world.
HandiDrone is an amazing way to give hope, and introduce people with reduced mobility to an emerging field compatible with their disability.