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From the Art Beyond Sight mailing list:
1. Braille tattoos are a new innovation that allow the blind to enjoy body
modifications too.
Klara Jirkova, a student at the University of Arts in Berlin, came up
with an innovation to modify the body to allow the blind feel those
artistic statements through their sense of touch. Braille tattoos now
let the entire world experience the eclectic pieces of art you may choose to put in your skin.
The raised bumps that make up these braille tattoos consist of implants
under the skin, and could include individual beads or a small tablet of
embossed text.
The beads can be relatively small, but not as small as standard braille
text as the body's muscles would absorb them too deep to touch (
http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/braille-tattoo-blind
2. 'Touch Colour' is a revolutionary painting tool for the blind. It uses
special technology that associates different colours with different
temperatures in order to properly identify them.
The 'Touch Colour' is a tablet that a blind person uses as the canvas.
They simply scroll through the colour wheel (which is not only
temperature identifiable but also braille as well) to select their
colour of choice and then place the wheel onto the tablet and begin drawing.
The user can also keep track of their outlining, shading and any other
aspects of the drawing by simply feeling the constant warm of cooler
colours on the tablet. The 'Touch Colour' is a beautiful advancement as
far as technology for the blind is concerned. Kudos!
http://www.yun-li.com/index.php?/project/touch-color/
Touch Color is the combination of a Thermal digital tablet and a Rainbow
Color picking ring that allows a blind person to paint colorful pictures
with his fingers on the tablet. The 24 colors on the ring are
differentiated by Braille dots and varied temperature generated by the
embedded LED bulbs. Artistically inclined or not, this concept of "Blind
Color Painting" sure sounds like technology is heading in the right
direction.
http://www.yankodesign.com/2009/08/04/no-longer-color-blind/
TouchColor designer website with video, shows how it works
http://www.tuvie.com/touch-color-helps-blind-people-to-draw/
1. Braille tattoos are a new innovation that allow the blind to enjoy body
modifications too.
Klara Jirkova, a student at the University of Arts in Berlin, came up
with an innovation to modify the body to allow the blind feel those
artistic statements through their sense of touch. Braille tattoos now
let the entire world experience the eclectic pieces of art you may choose to put in your skin.
The raised bumps that make up these braille tattoos consist of implants
under the skin, and could include individual beads or a small tablet of
embossed text.
The beads can be relatively small, but not as small as standard braille
text as the body's muscles would absorb them too deep to touch (
http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/braille-tattoo-blind
2. 'Touch Colour' is a revolutionary painting tool for the blind. It uses
special technology that associates different colours with different
temperatures in order to properly identify them.
The 'Touch Colour' is a tablet that a blind person uses as the canvas.
They simply scroll through the colour wheel (which is not only
temperature identifiable but also braille as well) to select their
colour of choice and then place the wheel onto the tablet and begin drawing.
The user can also keep track of their outlining, shading and any other
aspects of the drawing by simply feeling the constant warm of cooler
colours on the tablet. The 'Touch Colour' is a beautiful advancement as
far as technology for the blind is concerned. Kudos!
http://www.yun-li.com/index.php?/project/touch-color/
Touch Color is the combination of a Thermal digital tablet and a Rainbow
Color picking ring that allows a blind person to paint colorful pictures
with his fingers on the tablet. The 24 colors on the ring are
differentiated by Braille dots and varied temperature generated by the
embedded LED bulbs. Artistically inclined or not, this concept of "Blind
Color Painting" sure sounds like technology is heading in the right
direction.
http://www.yankodesign.com/2009/08/04/no-longer-color-blind/
TouchColor designer website with video, shows how it works
http://www.tuvie.com/touch-color-helps-blind-people-to-draw/
