News: Braille Technology

Innovative technologies have made bumps on paper seem outdated. But are blind people losing more than they gain?

Innovative technologies have made bumps on paper seem outdated. But are blind people losing more than they gain?

The loss of earthly sight is truly a tragedy. For every hardship and weakness, however, there is a group of inventors working to make life easier. Technology has given the blind new and creative tools with which to explore and experience this world– from braille cameras to watches that display time by touch. Here are ten of the best.

Students developed loads of weird and wonderful technology using Microsoft software at the company's Imagine Cup. All the projects were aimed at solving world problems in some bizarre ways including a system to help edible beetles breed and a machine that changes web pages into Braille...

Finnish researchers found a way to make Braille readable on mobile devices like internet tablets or the iPhone. They used different-length pulses of varying intensity to signal raised or lowered Braille.