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TDK Corporation is presenting in its CES 2025 Booth #15815 how TDK MEMS sensors and solutions enable innovation in accessibility technology, as multi-award-winning company WeWALK announces the global availability of its Smart Cane 2 for visually impaired people. The WeWALK Smart Cane 2 is an intelligent assistive device empowered by TDK motion sensors, MEMS microphones, and ultrasonic time-of-flight sensors, for highly accurate navigation, voice prompts, and obstacle avoidance.

WeWALK, whose recent accolades include The King’s Awards for Enterprise Innovation and Edison Awards 2024, will join the CES Consumer Technology Association’s (CTA) Accessibility roundtable on January 6, 2025, in Las Vegas and demonstrate its innovative Smart Cane 2 at the TDK CES booth #15815, January 7-10 and WeWALK CES booth #62035.

At the CTA Accessibility roundtable, WeWALK will unveil its groundbreaking Smart Cane 2, featuring an AI-powered voice assistant. During CES 2025, live demonstrations of this innovative cane will showcase its ability to enhance mobility and independence for visually impaired people, marking a significant leap forward in accessible technology.

The WeWALK Smart Cane 2 integrates multiple sensor solutions by InvenSense, a TDK group company, as well as TDK SMT inductors and RF antennae, showcasing the potential of TDK technology to enable a variety of IoT innovations. Also at the TDK booth, members of the visually impaired community can enter to receive one of eight WeWALK Smart Cane 2 devices, in a giveaway sponsored by TDK.*

TDK technology within the WeWALK Smart Cane 2 includes: InvenSense SmartMotion 6-axis IMU sensor, enabling Smart Cane 2 users to navigate both indoor and outdoor environments with the accuracy of an integrated gyroscope and accelerometer; InvenSense SmartSound microphone sensor, offering an intelligent voice assistant to help Smart Cane 2 users explore wherever they want to go; InvenSense SmartSonic ultrasonic time-of-flight sensor, for world-class presence detection and obstacle avoidance, to help ensure nothing gets in the way of safety and mobility: TDK multilayer chip antenna, to send and receive signals in the required frequency; TDK wound metal inductors for power circuits; TDK multilayer ferrite inductors for decoupling circuits.