Blind Maps (concept)

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?

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Blind Maps (concept)

“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 […]

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“The glove that makes sounds through touch”

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 […]

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Tap Tap See app