YEIGO

At MIT Reality Hack 2025, our team created Yeigo, an augmented reality tool to help people safely set up walkers and other mobility aids. It’s named for the Diné word meaning “keep going. Most walkers in the U.S. are set to the wrong height, a simple adjustment which causes tens of thousands of injuries every year. Using Snap Spectacles and phone sensors, Yeigo helps people adjust their mobility aid correctly and get real-time posture feedback. We built it with both Diné and English language support, and we designed it with our own families in mind - Akilah’s Másání, my mom, and others we’ve cared for who struggled with their walkers.

Out of over 450 participants, our team - Akilah Martinez, Faith “Aya” Umoh, Sade Korbieh, Sam Jones, and me - won first place in both the MIT Reality Hack and the MIT Founder’s Lab. We were also featured in the Albuquerque Journal and Navajo Times.