Places4All: Creating a new inclusive world
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Marketplace: Who else is addressing the problem outlined here? How does the proposed project differ from these approaches?
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in 2012 when, as part of its Master of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (FEUP), initiated "the development of various projects related to inclusion and accessibility" like miniMOBIL - Mobility Scooter Sharing System, wich won the Startup Pirates 2012 and the Babson Rocket Pitch Competition. In 2013, Hugo Vilela started Street 4all, whose goal was to identify and eliminate physical barriers, and has been recognized with the Public and Social Innovation awards in the contest of ideas iUP25k of the University of Porto.
In 2014, the Bootcamp of the Social Entrepreneurship Institute, fertilized by the environment of "inspiring projects," is born Places4all, a "solution to address the problem of unequal access and the lack of detailed accessibility information, updated, and sustainable"
In 2015, he started a project that will complement Places4All - CityFeels with the cooperation of INESC, FEUP and Porto Municipals, in order to create a multissensorial orientation system in Porto City, integrating Places4All System integration.
EDP Foundation Social Lab
Office of Citizens with disabilities of Porto City Council
Social Entrepreneurship Institute
Porto Design Factory
Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto
Users with disabilities associations in several fields.