The smartphone, developed by start-up Sesame Enable, is designed for people with spinal cord injuries, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), cerebral palsy or other disabilities that affects the use of hands and arms, The Times of Israel reported.
The Sesame is an Android smartphone that is equipped with proprietary head-tracking technology.
An advanced computer vision algorithm and the phone's front-facing camera track user's head movements and allow them to control a cursor on screen.
The cursor is essentially a virtual finger that let users do what others can with a regular smartphone.
The $1,000-phone recently won a "Verizon Powerful Answers' Award" with $1 million (roughly Rs. 6 crores) in prize money.
ts developer Giora Livne, who himself is physically challenged, now plans to give away about 30 Sesame smartphones to people with disabilities nominated by their peers.
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