25 August 2011

Thought this rather interesting




The Universal Phone is designed for both blind and sighted people. How? Thousands of micro pins dynamically raise and lower forming a tactile surface for all to get touchy with. Sighted people get the elusive tactile feedback they’re missing with ordinary touch-screens and blind people get a whole new interface made of braille. The idea was inspired by the little raised dot on the number 5 on almost all mobile keypads. Hey if it works, why not extrapolate the idea into a whole new interface?

8 comments:

  1. yes, tis interesting.. and helpful....

    and yes, just popped in before going out... (for the a.m. woofer walk)....

    it's 3 in the morning in aussieland... get to sleep....

    (and seeeee you 'round)

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  2. Actually ... all depends where in Ausieland... 11.30pm here.

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  3. not even close!

    So? whats your excuse? Ive wasted the whole night doing absolutely nothing.. I hate that. I should be revising some word processing as I applied for two jobs yesterday.. might be lucky and get an interview

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  4. im playing in facebook... waiting for Rhys to finish writing up something... then i'm off...

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  5. G'day Dave(id)... enjoy your day

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