MSc. BICT Joey (J.H.F.) van der Bie has been a researcher at the Digital Life research group of the Create-IT knowledge centre since 2013, conducting research into accessible Internet of Things applications for people with visual impairments.

Joey van der Bie is committed to digital accessibility for people with visual impairments. To this end, he researches how internet connected devices can use multimodal communication (tactile, audio and visual) to better communicate with people with visual impairments. Wearables and smartphones are the tools that make communication possible both in the living room and while navigating in the city.

Joey is currently working on several research projects, such as “eTop”, in collaboration with the Amsterdam Medical Centre.