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Pooja Viswanathan on the TechTO stage

Pooja Viswanathan

Co-founder & CEO, Braze Mobility

Health TechTorontoOn TechTO stages since 2018

Dr. Pooja Viswanathan is co-founder and CEO of Braze Mobility, the Toronto company whose blind-spot sensors turn any wheelchair into a smart wheelchair. She spent over a decade on doctoral and post-doctoral robotics research into assistive technology, and worked on computer vision at Honda Research Institute in Silicon Valley before founding the company in 2016.

On the TechTO stage ×1

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Pooja Viswanathan of Braze Mobility presents My Journey: from Classroom to Company

HealthTO · April 2018
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In their words

I spent four years developing the system before I even engaged with my first user — that was a huge problem.

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Around the web ×1

Podcast
ATU572 – Braze Mobility with Dr. Pooja ViswanathanAssistive Technology Update
2022

Quick answers

What does Braze Mobility make?

Blind spot sensor systems that attach to any wheelchair and alert the driver to nearby obstacles through audio, visual and vibration feedback.

What is Pooja Viswanathan's background?

Doctoral and post-doctoral research in robotics and assistive technologies, plus computer vision work at Honda Research Institute in Silicon Valley.

What did she speak about at HealthTO?

Her route from academic research to running a company, at the April 2018 HealthTO edition of TechTO.

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