3D Printer Makes Tactile Braille Maps for Blind and Visually Impaired
From: Medical Design Technology - 02/25/2016

Using a high-tech 3D printer, a Rutgers undergraduate and his professor
created sophisticated braille maps to help blind and visually impaired people
navigate a local training center.

The three plastic tactile maps are for each floor at the Joseph Kohn Training
Center, a state-funded facility for the blind and visually impaired in New
Brunswick. And the goal is to print maps for all of the center's students.

The new maps - made with state-of-the-art 3D printers at Rutgers - are a
little larger than a small computer tablet. They're in a binder so students
can easily carry them for reference. They also have a legend, or guide, in
braille, a feature missing from prior maps. The legend helps limit the amount
of map training needed.

Read the entire article at:
http://www.mdtmag.com/news/2016/02/3d-printer-makes-tactile-braille-maps-blind-and-visually-impaired

Links:
Howon Lee
http://hleelab.rutgers.edu

Braille Maps for Blind and Visually Impaired Created with 3-D Printing Technology at Rutgers
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