Touching Memories Printed on a Pirate
From: Product Design & Development - 11/05/2014

One group of people heavily relies on the third dimension - the visually
impaired. This segment of the population is unable to simply pull out an old
photo album and relive the memories of past birthdays and holiday vacations.
Though blind people can invoke memories in their minds, it isn’t exactly the
same as looking at old photographs.

So Singapore-based Pirate 3D decided to use tangibility to revisit memories.
The company teamed up with the Spanish creative agency LOLA to produce an
insightful mini-documentary detailing how 3D prints of photos have preserved
the memories of five visually impaired individuals. Brazilian filmmaker Marco
Aslan directed the documentary, "Touchable Memories," with the aim of
showcasing growing 3D printing benefits.

Read the entire article and view a video (3:42) at:
http://www.pddnet.com/blogs/2014/11/touching-memories-printed-pirate

Links:
Pirate 3D
http://pirate3d.com/

Touchable Memories
http://pirate3d.com/touchablememories/