Concept sketch by: Andrew Spitz, Markus Schmeiduch, and Ruben van der Vleuten. “Our concept focuses on the visually impaired, and explores a device to improve their ability to discover and navigate through a city. This was part of a 36 hour project for the Copenhagen Institute of interaction Design – CIID.” What do you think?
Author: Jack
“The glove that makes sounds through touch”
A recent project by an MIT student where a glove makes different sounds depending on what the wearer touches. It’s very much in a prototype stage right now, but what could the implications before having synesthetic touch-sound experience? Could a wearer learn what objects are depending on the sound? Could other devices interpret what an […]
3-D haptic shape that can be seen and felt
New research generating shapes through ultra sound that can be seen and felt at Bristol University. What will that mean for design? Read the University of Bristol press release. What do you think?
Tap Tap See app
I saw this really neat app called Tap Tap See that helps visually impaired users identify objects around them by just pointing their phone at the objects. I was curious how it worked, but I saw really happy reviews from people online. Description from the company: TapTapSee is a mobile camera application designed specifically for the […]
Kintrans: Hands can talk
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Mobile Lorm Glove
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