.lumen is a research start-up that builds glasses which empower the blind to live better life.
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ALT Balázs Blényesi, .lumen’s Chief Business Development Officer, stands between two visitors at SightCity in Frankfurt, guiding a double demo of the .lumen Glasses. Both visitors are wearing the headsets as Balázs explains the experience, creating a focused, hands-on moment on the exhibition floor.
ALT A smiling person wearing .lumen glasses outdoors. The image text reads: “Inside the .lumen Roadshow in Romania”, “27 cities” and “400+ demonstrations of the Glasses for the Blind”.
ALT If we want to change how people see disability, we should start early. Twenty sixth-graders walked into our Cluj office recently. They tried navigating blindfolded with the white cane. They tested the .lumen glasses. They asked questions we'd never heard before. Empathy only needs a moment.
ALT is Excellency, RO Ambassador to the UAE, tested the .lumen Glasses for the Blind. Honoured that His Excellency Octavian Bădică, Romanian Ambassador to the UAE, tested our glasses for the blind. The UAE is a place where .lumen can truly make an impact. In 2020, the country had an estimated 600,000 people with vision loss, including around 27,000 blind individuals. Here’s to stronger Romanian–GCC ties and to technology that connects people.
ALT Seeing .lumen named in the State of the Union by @ursulavonderleyen is surreal. To be held up as an example of what European innovation can look like means a lot to us. If you believe startups should solve real problems, we’re with you.
ALT Two young engineers sit at a table in front of a laptop. Cornel Amariei hands an Apple Pro Vision headset to intern Vlad Marian, while both review something on-screen. The scene captures a hands-on design session between mentor and mentee, highlighting innovation, collaboration, and emerging tech talent. ext on the image: We love seeing young talent soar at @dotlumen. Earlier this summer, we opened one internship position. Out of 1,000 candidates, we picked Vlad, a brilliant Gen-Z . Now he's in Australia, piloting a solar vehicle with a UTCN project.
ALT Three men are testing .lumen glasses in a room. The man in the center, wearing a striped shirt and overalls, is smiling while wearing the .lumen glasses. The man on the left, wearing a .lumen t-shirt, is holding a tablet and looking at it. Another man in the background is also smiling while watching the interaction. Text on image: Looking back on thousands of tests, there were lots of smiles and looots of fails. We’ve done around 100,000 experiments. Probably around 97,000 failed. That’s 97,000 ways we learned what not to do. Innovation happens through perseverance.
ALT A visually impaired man is wearing .lumen glasses while attentively listening to a .lumen team member explaining how they work. Behind them is a banner with the .lumen logo. Text on the post: *"The best technology is designed with everyone in mind. That’s why .lumen glasses are designed together with the blind community. Every feature, every detail, came from listening to real people, testers, guide dog users, mobility trainers. True innovation works for everyone.
ALT A young woman, eyes-closed, wearing .lumen glasses is smiling big while testing them at a tech event. Text on image: The smile of freedom. Our haptic feedback is hard to explain in words, but so intuitive, it just makes you smile. Every test reminds us why we build: to give 338 million people independence.