Our company & technology

About 7Sense

We are 7Sense, an Estonian company developing telehaptic technology for blind and visually impaired people.

Spatial information through touch.

We develop wearable devices that convey information about surrounding objects and movement through Haptic Mat™, our own haptic technology.

Based in Estonia, our work focuses on blind and visually impaired people.

Meet the products
7Sense symbol in pink and navy.7Sense symbol in pink and white.
Close view of Haptic Mat™ and its contact-point array inside the device.

Our own haptic technology

Meet Haptic Mat™.
Developed by us.

Developed in house at 7Sense, Haptic Mat™ conveys spatial information through touch. Our technology brings together spatial sensing and haptic communication to present information about objects, movement and distance.

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Discuss research & collaboration

Technology, explained

From information to touch.

A guide to the technology behind the product names.

Haptic feedback

Haptic feedback communicates through touch. In our devices, haptic signals represent raw information about the surrounding situation and environment.

Haptic Mat™

Our own haptic technology conveys information about surrounding objects, movement and distance through touch on the forehead.

hApps

hApps are haptic applications. Both models support hApps. SuperBrain 1 also supports the development of custom hApps through a Software Development Kit (SDK).

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Shared ambition

Part of a wider community.

Organisations in our story

  • Estonian Blind Union
  • East Tallinn Central Hospital
  • Fondation Lëtzebuerger Blannevereenegung
  • Eikholt Foundation

Programmes & ecosystem

  • Tehnopol
  • NVIDIA Inception
  • Microsoft for Startups
  • EIT Urban Mobility

Supporting development

Funding acknowledgements

Our development has received support from European and Estonian funding programmes.

The Estonian Business and Innovation Agency awarded a grant of €34,562.50 for development of the experimental solution titled “7S – 2. generation of haptic device concept development”.

Co-funded by the European Union. Horizon Europe EIC Accelerator grant agreement number 190148354.Co-funded by the European Union and the Republic of Estonia.

Co-funded by the European Union. Horizon Europe EIC Accelerator grant agreement number 190148354.

Supported by the Estonian Business and Innovation Agency with a grant of €34,562.50 for “7S – 2. generation of haptic device concept development”. This acknowledgement recognises support for development of the experimental solution.

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Co-funded by the European Union. Horizon Europe EIC Accelerator grant agreement number 190148354.Co-funded by the European Union and the Republic of Estonia.

Supported by the Estonian Business and Innovation Agency with a grant of €34,562.50 for “7S – 2. generation of haptic device concept development”. Funding acknowledgements