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Stanford Course Yields Touchscreen Braille Writer

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In a two-month summer course on high-performance computing, promising undergrads compete to create innovative applications. This summer's winner developed a touchscreen Braille writer that stands to revolutionize how the blind negotiate an unseen world by replacing devices costing up to 10 times more.

Related article: http://news.stanford.edu/news/2011/october/touchscreen-braille-writer-100711....

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  • We're from Institut Teknologi Telkom (Telkom Institute of Technology),Indonesia made it first on June 23rd, 2011

    and win the Imagine Cup 2011 Competition as a Worldwide First Runner-up on Windows 7 Touch Challenge

    We named it Sparkins

  • Seeing this is a timely reminder that all the magic didn't die with Steve Jobs. The next generation of visionaries is already building.

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  • Salamat para sa video

    pa rin nagtatrabaho sa kanyang pabor

    At pagsunod sa mga espiritu

  • @cerberus6969u Indeed a fitting question. You must buy iPhone or iPod touch, or iPad. Then you will be able to play and control flash videos from youtube.

  • Can't wait until it is released in the app store!!! Great idea!!

  • beautiful

  • Inpris did it better and sooner, and also applied for patent long before...

    check out:

    watch?v=KVV0lxI4G5E

  • Just a question... Is it In the app store yet and if so what is it called

  • That's amazing :)

  • 素晴らしいIDEAそっちがあったかと。進化とはこうゆうことで­すね。

  • Very, very smart idea. Now add it to a tablet with haptic feedback, and those old clunky Braille machines will be history.

  • Great idea. :)

    maybe you can also watch another implementation.

    watch?v=xoBbtf_dWL4

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