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April 25, 2013 02:31 am GMT
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World's First 'Braille Smartphone' in Development
For all of their advantages, smartphones still fall a little short for some — specifically, for those living with visual impairment
While apps like Siri and SayText do offer a good deal of assistance, 2011 TED Fellow Sumit Dagar had an idea for a more effective solution: a smartphone that's specifically designed for people who have trouble seeing
The phone, which has yet to be officially named, has a screen comprised of a grid of pins, which move up and down to form into Braille shapes and characters whenever an SMS message or email is received. It uses what's called Shape Memory Alloy technology, so as each pin expands, it remembers and contracts back to its original flat shape Read more...
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