Touch-Based 'Language' Lets Visually Impaired See Colors
From: Medical Design Technology - 06/30/2015

We all enjoy seeing a vast array of colors on a daily basis, and it's an
essential part of how we interpret and communicate our surroundings. For the
roughly 285 million people who are visually impaired, however, the a vast
array of colors on a daily basis becomes an issue. Thankfully, a Portuguese
designer named Filipa Nogueira Pires has devised a language similar to
Braille, in order that those who can't easily perceive color can "see" it by
touching raised shapes attached to objects. The language is called the
"Feelipa Color Code," arising from research in collaboration with the
University of Lisbon and the Hellen Keller Center.

Read the entire article and view a video (2:07) at:
http://www.mdtmag.com/videos/2015/06/touch-based-language-lets-visually-impaired-see-colors

Links:
Filipa Nogueira Pires
http://www.filipanogueirapires.com/

Feelipa Color Code
http://www.feelipa.com