Romania: Romanian .lumen wins accessibility award at CES 2026

January 8, 2026

Romanian .lumen wins accessibility award at CES 2026
Jan 8, 2026

Romanian .lumen wins accessibility award at CES 2026.

Romanian deep-tech company .lumen has won the CTA Foundation Pitch Competition for Accessibility at CES 2026, receiving an award of USD 10,000, the company announced. The award recognizes lumen's glasses for the blind, an AI-powered wearable that applies self-driving technology to the (…)

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