Bring the Game to Life for Blind Sports Fans

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FanVibe brings live game sensations to blind fans, with funds building first prototypes

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Bring the Game to Life for Blind Sports Fans

Bring the Game to Life for Blind Sports Fans

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My name is Katerrell Kennedy. I'm a founder with ADHD, and I know what it means to lose access to something everyone else takes for granted. That's the reason FanVibe exists.

FanVibe is a smart cushion that lets blind and low-vision sports fans feel the game, not just hear about it. You plug it in. You sit down. When the ball moves left, you feel it on your left thigh. When the whistle blows, a sharp double-tap. When someone scores, the cushion explodes under you. No wearables, no charging, no learning curve.

Blind sports fans have been locked out of the physical sensation of a live game their entire lives, and no product on the market fixes that. So I'm building one.

Here's what's already real: a filed provisional patent for the acoustic detection technology that powers FanVibe. A confirmed pilot partner in VisionLink Philadelphia, a nonprofit serving over 53,000 blind and low-vision adults. A manufacturing quote in hand from a partner with 18 years building hardware. This isn't a pitch deck — it's underway.

I've bootstrapped every part of it myself: the patent filing, the prototype designs, the partnership meetings. I'm at the end of my personal runway, but I'm not out of belief.

I'm raising $15,000 to build the first five prototype cushions and bridge to my first federal grant. Every dollar builds something you can touch — motors, foam, cushions, a product that has never existed before.

If this works, a blind grandmother in Philadelphia sits down, turns on the Eagles game, and feels a touchdown for the first time in her life. That's what your donation makes possible.

This isn't charity. It's a bridge — from a patent on paper to a prototype in someone's living room. A donation today, even $25, gets me one motor closer. Help me get this across the line.

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