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Technology breakthrough will give the blind an opportunity to drive
A student team of the Virginia Tech College of Engineering has given the blind something they would have never thought of in their life – the opportunity to drive. A retrofitted four-wheel dirt buggy developed by the Blind Driver Challenge team from Virginia Tech Robotics and Mechanisms Laboratory uses laser finders, an instant voice command…
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Touchscreen developed for the blind
Finnish scientists have created a vibrating touch screen phone, for the visually challenged, that can simulate Braille characters. A Nokia 770 mobile Internet tablet was the main research tool used, and since it already has haptic feedback built in to the screen, it’s relatively easy to develop and test the technique. Instead of recreating the…
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World’s first Vibrating Braille cell phone developed in Japan
A former teacher at a school for the blind and a professor from Tsukuba University of Technology have developed a cell phone that sends out vibrations representing Braille symbols to enable people with sight and hearing difficulties to communicate. The phone, reportedly the first of its kind in the world, was created by 73-year-old former…
