awesome use of haptics – the Braille glove
From MAKE: Blog, the Braille Glove:
…we have developed a glove embedded with accelerometers, magnetometers, and a controller. When the glove operator taps Braille codes using his/her fingers, the controller maps them to ASCII codes. Conversely, when ASCII codes are sent to the operator, the controller maps them to finger-vibration-Braille codes.
Great example of exploring the possibility-space of technology to find new, more enabling solutions to old problems.
The Braille glove was invented in 2002 and was first invented by Ryan Patterson when he was 18 years old