https://kestrell.dreamwidth.org/ Kestrell - Dreamwidth Studios Sun, 21 Aug 2011 15:02:47 GMT LiveJournal / Dreamwidth Studios kestrell personal https://v2.dreamwidth.org/12439661/307003 https://kestrell.dreamwidth.org/ 69 100 https://kestrell.dreamwidth.org/140214.html Sun, 21 Aug 2011 15:02:47 GMT https://kestrell.dreamwidth.org/140214.html Kes: I really wanted to title this "Evil hand for the blind" but thought that would be too misleading. Now I wan to find a geek who will help me build one of these--I already have the Polycaprolactone plastic. <br /><a href="http://grathio.com/2011/08/meet-the-tacit-project-its-sonar-for-the-blind/">http://grathio.com/2011/08/meet-the-tacit-project-its-sonar-for-the-blind/</a><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=kestrell&ditemid=140214" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments https://kestrell.dreamwidth.org/140214.html technology sound blindness haptics public 0 https://kestrell.dreamwidth.org/132981.html Wed, 13 Jul 2011 12:39:17 GMT https://kestrell.dreamwidth.org/132981.html Kes: I hadn't even heard of the tixel before reading this article but, aside from being a cool new technology, it's fun to say. If I ever get that cyber guide dog, I think I will name her Tixel.<br /><br />New display technology is allowing users to "feel" touch screens, giving the blind a way to interact with mobile devices.<br /><br />Senseg's E-Sense technology, <br /><a href="http://senseg.com/">http://senseg.com/</a><br />being developed in Sweden, recreates the sensation of different textures on touch screen devices. It uses "tixels," or "tactile pixels," to generate an electric field a few millimeters above the device's surface, enabling skin to feel finely tuned sensations replicating different textures.<br />The technology is similar to the concept of haptic feedback, which vibrates to confirm that a finger touch has been accepted, but has even farther-reaching implications.<br />Braille reading would be one immediate application for the technology. The blind and visually-impaired would be able to take advantage of the tactile-pixel technology, assisting them in reading messages on touch screen devices like smartphones. Down the road, the technology may even allow people to, for example, touch the face of a newborn baby or hold the hand of the long-lost friend.<br />Senseg said the technology may also create knobs, buttons and other tactile elements for the increasingly-popular mobile gaming market. Handset makers, currently struggle for placement of controls on the limited space of smartphones, may also find a use for tactile displays.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://blogs.forbes.com/mobiledia/2011/07/12/new-touch-screens-allow-blind-to-read-braille">http://blogs.forbes.com/mobiledia/2011/07/12/new-touch-screens-allow-blind-to-read-braille</a><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=kestrell&ditemid=132981" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments https://kestrell.dreamwidth.org/132981.html accessible technology tactile graphics haptics public 2