Today technology is improving daily in different aspects in order to provide flexible and safe movement for the people. In this technology driven world, where people strive to live independently, this paperpropose a low cost 3D ultrasonic stick for blind people to gain personal independence, so that they can move from one place to another easily and safety. A portable stick is design and developed that detects the obstacles in the path of the blind using ultrasonic sensors. It consists of these sensors to scan three different directions, a microcontroller, buzzer and DC vibration motor. The buzzer and vibration motor is activated when any obstacle is detected. In addition, the stick is equipped with GPS and SMS message system. GPS system provide the information regarding the location of the blind person using the stick to his family members. SMS system is used by the blind to send SMS message to the saved numbers in the microcontroller in case of emergency. The programming of GPS modem, GSM modem, buzzer and vibration motor has been successfully done for this system. Computer simulation is done to essence the performance of the system using Proteous software and Easy pic kit.
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