New Graphic Displays for the Blind

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday December 22, 2004 @03:14PM from the feels-like-you-have-mail dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Researchers from Spain have invented a new mechanism for graphical tactile displays for the blind. The displays use metallic films featuring various shape memory alloys which are produced layer by layer on silicon wafers using thin film technology. Display pixels are generated when the metallic film adjusts its curvature partially, similarly to bimetal snap plates for temperature switches. The movement of the films is then transferred to the touch panel via plastic pins und thus can be detected by the user."

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WHAT?!? by deflin39 · 2004-12-22 15:21 · Score: 1, Offtopic

I admit it, I'm just too dumb to understand this article, or even the summary for that fact!

There was a blind student who graduated in my CIS class. That is freak'n amazing. It is still nice to see that technology is trying to make life a little easier for them though.

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