Tablets for the blind

Una tablet creda por el Dr. Sile O’Modhrain de la Universidad de Michigan para poder ser leída con el tacto por ciegos, modificando la superficie de su display físicamente y usando el sistema braile (como muestra este video).

Y según he leído, muy económica de producir, pensando en fines educativos.
Se ve que les urge capturar a ese publico…

Researchers at the University of Michigan recently unveiled a new Braille-enabled prototype tablet that makes it possible for those with vision problems to read text on a full display . The tablet itself features fully refreshable pages containing raised bumps, a marked improvement from current devices that can only display one line of Braille text at a time.

Led by professor Dr. Sile O’Modhrain, researchers at the University of Michigan are also planning to add the ability for individuals with vision impairment to ‘read’ graphs, photographs and other non-text items….

http://bit.ly/1ZwI9g9

Touchable Art

Me encontré con este otro bonito uso que se le puede dar a las impresiones en 3D: llevar las artes visuales a quienes no pueden velas, por medio de este crowdfunding de la página de Indiegogo llamado Unseen Art.

En él se quiere hacer versiones en relieve (y táctiles) de el mayor numero posible de obras de arte (clásico, sobre todo), para tener todo un “museo para ciegos”…

“You can look but you can’t touch.” That’s one of the first rules of museums, which house priceless works of art. But what about the community of blind and visually impaired who use their sense of touch to experience the world? The Unseen Art Project is an initiative to make art more accessible and inclusive by using 3D-printing technology to create replicas of masterpieces that can be touched ’till your heart is content.

“There are many people in the world who have heard of classical artworks their whole lives but are unable to see them,” says Marc Dillon, a Helsinki-based designer who wants to make works like the Mona Lisa touchable. In order to make his vision a reality, Dillon has recently established a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo. He hopes to raise enough money to create an online repository where artists can contribute 3D data of artworks and anyone with a 3D printer will be able to print it out…

http://bit.ly/1OtOMMM

Bird Flu

George RedHawk (DarkAngel0ne on social media) tiene este perfil de Google+ llamado “The RedHawk EFX” donde hace increíbles efectos de animación combinando ilustración, fotografía, 3D, y (adivino ) hasta un poco de AfterEffects.

Si esto no les parece sinteresante por sí solo les diré que este artista visual nativo-americano es, además, completamente ciego… #pum

Werner Hornung_ Bird Flu .gif animation: George RedHawk (

google.com/+DarkAngel0ne)

One windy day 2 monks were arguing about a flapping banner: The first said “I say the banner is moving, not the wind"The second said: ” I say the wind is moving, not the banner"

A third monk passed by and said: “The wind is not moving, the banner is not moving. Your minds are moving.”_ Werner Hornung…

http://bit.ly/1iAn59O