Braille e-reader concept can’t be far from reality
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The technology’s already here, we just need a venture capital firm and a determined entrepreneur to make it happen. A foursome of designers — Seon-Keun Park, Byung-Min Woo, Sun-Hye Woo and Jin-Sun Park — have banded together to create the above pictured concept, an e-reader for those with limited or no vision. Their Braille E-Book concept theoretically relies on electroactive polymers in order to change the surface’s shape as pages are turned, and while we fully expect the battery life to suffer due to all the necessary commotion, it’s definitely a start that needs to happen.
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Braille e-reader concept can’t be far from reality originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 20 Apr 2009 04:22:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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