From fnugg at online.no Mon Jul 27 08:29:45 2015 From: fnugg at online.no (fnugg at online.no) Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2015 10:29:45 +0200 Subject: [Art_beyond_sight_learning_tools] {Disarmed} George Redhawk animated gifs, Duncan Meerding furniture designer Message-ID: <55B5EBF9.5080808@online.no> We Care Arts Serves As Studio, Safe Space For Disabled Artists Vincent Van Gogh said that brushstrokes are like speech. And if an artist is disabled and cannot make art, they are silenced. Anyone who knows about We Care Arts in Kettering knows that they burst these confines and help hundreds of people with disabilities to create on canvas, in clay, with cloth, and more. Last year, some 1,300 people took classes or worked in their studio. http://wyso.org/post/we-care-arts-serves-studio-safe-space-disabled-artists Latest technology to help blind, vision impaired on show in Canberra Canberra artist Lien To has been able to continue the hobby she loves thanks to the latest in technological advances for people who are blind or visually impaired. This weekend, the latest in adaptive technology has been on display in Canberra. The exhibition, hosted by the Royal Society for the Blind (RSB) Canberra Blind Society, aims to introduce clients to adaptive technology which could make their lives easier. "I'm an artist so I use CCTV technology to draw a lot of patterns," Ms To said. "It makes things bigger and because I do a lot of fine-detail work, it makes it so much easier." http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-07-26/latest-in-technology-to-help-vision-impaired-on-show-in-canberra/6648174 Tactile art show extended through August "Oceana: Tactile Art Show for the Blind" by artist Ginger Grevemberg Rush has been extended through the month of August at RealArt DeRidder Gallery, 108 W. First St., in DeRidder. The purpose of the show is to expose the blind, young and old, to as many different types of art as possible and includes tactile exploration in abstraction, cubism, sculpture and fantasy. http://www.beauregarddailynews.net/article/20150725/NEWS/150729844 Art Exhibit Gives Blind People a Vision of the Mona Lisa The common sign "Please do not touch the art" might be a command for many museum visitors, but Madrid?s famous Museo del Prado is changing that with an exhibit in which visitors are encouraged to get hands-on with famous artworks, such as the Mona Lisa. The museum teamed up with Spain?s national organization for the blind, known as ONCE , to create /Touching the Prado/, which gives the blind and visually impaired an opportunity to create a mental image of masterpieces with an advanced relief printing technique called Did? that allows them to touch and visualize the art. The exhibit features six replica paintings by artists including El Greco and Francisco Goya. http://www.takepart.com/article/2015/07/21/exhibit-touch-art Blind Artist John Bramblitt Paints By His Sense Of Touch [Video] Blind artist John Bramblitt paints by his sense of touch. John started to lose his sight when he was 8-years-old. By the time he was 30, he started having seizures, which rendered him completely blind. Read more at http://www.inquisitr.com/2246505/blind-artist-john-bramblitt-paints-by-his-sense-of-touch/#8VCgCpHfdY6KyzwH.99 Blind Artist, John Bramblitt, Paints By His Sense Of Touch [Video] Blind artist John Bramblitt paints by his sense of touch. John started to lose his sight when he was 8-years-old. By the time he was 30, he started having seizures, which rendered him completely blind. Read more at http://www.inquisitr.com/2246505/blind-artist-john-bramblitt-paints-by-his-sense-of-touch/#8VCgCpHfdY6KyzwH.99 Blind Artist, John Bramblitt, Paints By His Sense Of Touch [Video] http://www.inquisitr.com/2246505/blind-artist-john-bramblitt-paints-by-his-sense-of-touch/ Jim Stevens, legally blind, masters the art of sight unseen Casual observers of Jim Stevens and his vast collection of artwork would have no way of knowing that the sculptor, painter and master scrimshander has spent about half of his adult life with a scope of vision no larger than a pinhole. http://www.aurorasentinel.com/guide/jim-stevens-legally-blind-masters-art-sight-unseen/ 11 Beautifully Haunting GIFs Created By Blind Artist George Redhawk Don't bother trying to work, because we know you'll never stop staring at these. Artist George Redhawk has put together a series of stunning GIFs, perfectly looped and beautifully haunting. Even more incredible is that Redhawk is legally blind. "With the use of visual aides and computer softwares that aide the visually impaired, [Redhawk] began to explore the realm of photo manipulation with a desire to show the world as he see it from his damaged sight," his biography says. His numerous works have received more than six million views online, he said. See his full collection of more than a thousand images on his website. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/07/02/george-redhawk-gifs_n_7713054.html Website https://plus.google.com/+DarkAngel0ne/posts These Pictures Have to Be Seen to Be Believed! Simply Mind Blowing! George Redhawk, the artist is legally blind. He creates the images with specialized visual aids and digital programs, most of which he developed. He uses photo morphing software to create them movement. Redhawk says ?Morphing software is designed to morph one photo to another photo, but a long time ago, I discovered that if I morph a photo to the exact same photo, I could get some pretty amazing movement out of it,? http://enlightenzz.com/inspiring/these-pictures-have-to-be-seen-to-be-believed-simply-mind-blowing/ Blind West Lothian artist designs 'Mr Men' float for Whitburn Gala Day Lynne Graham teamed up with Ritchie's Garage to design the float, which scooped second prize, as well as raising funds for RNIB. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/blind-west-lothian-artist-designs-5975627 Blind, deaf visitors explore ?Art Without Barriers at Peconic Landing That?s a reality for many blind and deaf individuals, who, unable to touch a painting or run their hands over a smooth sculpture, never learn to open the walls of their imaginations to experience the beauty of artistic expression, according to Shirley resident Marilyn Tucci, independent skills living specialist at the Suffolk Independent Living Organization, Peconic Landing?s Art Without Barriers Sculpture Garden, where 18 sculptures from around the world are available for all to explore, is, for the second year, kicking off a program to help introduce art to those with physical challenges. http://southoldlocal.com/2015/06/29/blind-deaf-visitors-explore-art-without-barriers-at-peconic-landing/ Medway artist Wendy Daws is on the Independent on Sunday?s annual Happy List http://www.kentonline.co.uk/medway/news/caring-artist-earns-place-on-39338/ Art by feel: Alex Sar, deafblind portrait artist Artist Alex Sar has no sight, so how does he paint stunning portraits of his subjects? His work has been entered into the Archibald Prizehttp://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/lifematters/deaf-blind-but-able/6570580 Stars' favourite painter reveals his astonishing colourful secret - he's colour blind! HE is one of Scotland?s most successful artists whose colourful portraits have been snapped up by some of the music industry?s biggest stars. But after a career spanning more than 40 years as an art teacher and professional painter, Bob Harper says he is finally ready to admit to the world ? he is colour blind. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/stars-favourite-painter-reveals-astonishing-5919993 Tasmania-based furniture designer Duncan Meerding loves the wilderness, which comes across in his work ? his most popular pieces are simple logs whose natural cracks emit soft, warm light. Meerding is also legally blind (he retains 5% of his vision in his peripheries), so the use of light in his pieces helps him communicate how he sees the world http://www.boredpanda.com/cracked-log-lamp-furniture-design-legally-blind-duncan-meerding-australia/ Duncan Meerding website http://duncanmeerding.bigcartel.com/products From fnugg at online.no Mon Jul 27 09:00:21 2015 From: fnugg at online.no (fnugg at online.no) Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2015 11:00:21 +0200 Subject: [Art_beyond_sight_learning_tools] Sargy Mann: How a blind painter sees Message-ID: <55B5F325.6070904@online.no> Sargy Mann: How a blind painter sees In the last weeks of his life, the artist Sargy Mann began writing about his extraordinary career as a blind painter. The last 10 years of his life, after his eyesight had failed completely, were paradoxically his most successful - his final exhibition opened in London this week, two months after his death. Here he reflects on the nature of perception and the visual experiences that continue after the loss of sight. In 1973, when I was only 35, I had cataract extractions in both eyes. They were, as I had hoped, the orange-brown kind that Monet had had in late life, and for a week or so after the operations I experienced colour - particularly cool blues, greens, violets and magentas - with revelatory intensity. The only comparable experience was the one occasion when I had taken LSD in 1966. Very soon my brain readjusted, but the memory stayed with me as a sort of talisman. http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-33109430 /Sargy Mann: Final Paintings is showing at the Cadogan Contemporary gallery / http://issuu.com/cadogancontemporary/docs/sargy_mann_catalogue_fe541a9f92f386 'More, Different, Better' The TED talk that Sargy Mann never got to deliver https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULT4rsgwX7Y Sargy Mann - BBC October 2014 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7F_DURj-A84 Everything you need to know about late blind inspiring artist Check out 5 things about late *Sargy Mann *which should leave you inspired this new week. Sargy Mann suffered from cataracts on both of his eyes at age 36, and gradually became fully blind. Mann used Blu-tack to paint. His artworks are regularly exhibited at the Cadogan Contemporary, one of the biggest galleries in London. His art is desired by influential persons such as *Steven Spielberg, Daniel Day Lewis, Bruce Springsteen* among others. http://pulse.ng/arts_culture/sargy-mann-everything-you-need-to-know-about-late-blind-inspiring-artist-id3867928.html From fnugg at online.no Mon Jul 27 13:27:23 2015 From: fnugg at online.no (fnugg at online.no) Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2015 15:27:23 +0200 Subject: [Art_beyond_sight_learning_tools] artists and exhibitions Message-ID: <55B631BB.8020400@online.no> Hi, Links to articles about artists, exhibitions and a bit more. Regards, Lisa Mum left partially blind after three strokes becomes face painting sensation http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/mum-left-partially-blind-after-5881574 Greeneboro walking tour http://www.wxii12.com/news/greensboro-walking-tour/33468756 John Bramblitt http://www.inquisitr.com/2150152/painter-john-bramblitt-tour-one-detail-about-the-artist-makes-him-phenomenal-video/ ?Limited Sight/Unlimited Vision,? The lobby of RSI Bank in Rahway has become a showcase for art through which the blind teach the sighted to see. ?Limited Sight/Unlimited Vision,? which features creative expressions by six visually impaired New Jersey artists, opens with a free public reception from 4 to 7 p.m. today. The exhibition gathers 23 works by Tamilah Alexander, Aaron Elmowitz, Jon Gabry, Alicia Liptscher, Narcissa Lopez and Diane Robinson. http://www.mycentraljersey.com/story/entertainment/arts/2015/06/05/rsi-bank-hosts-limited-sightunlimited-vision/28465303/ Blind engineer has vision of a sustainable world Today, the 22-year-old Springfield resident will chalk up another major achievement when he graduates with high honors from Swarthmore College with a degree in engineering. Beside him, clad in mortar board and bow tie if the canine cooperates, will be Fathom, his guide dog. http://www.delcotimes.com/general-news/20150530/blind-engineer-has-vision-of-a-sustainable-world Helen Keller Art Show displays creativity, talent of visually impared The splatter of paint on canvas, the crunch of aluminum foil, the hard scrapes of graphite across paper with the soft crumble of pastels, the sweet smell of glue and the wet squish of pasting pieces of collage ? the experience of expression goes beyond just sight. Art is a sensory expression of an intellect and emotions; it percolates through life experience into a statement. http://www.timesdaily.com/life/helen-keller-art-show-displays-creativity-talent-of-visually-impared/article_bb249645-b35d-5e20-850a-9b6c600d8310.html Erie Artist Battles Color-Blindness Erie native Kevin-John Jobczynski now lives in Florida and is under contract as an artist with the Disney company. Kevin-John is a renowned sports artist but what you may not know is that he is color blind. http://www.yourerie.com/sports/sports-article/d/story/erie-artist-battles-color-blindness/13537/Ls_Sa2IPQkeIsDSTgwoZSw One of three Richmond Art Center exhibitions this summer to feature more than 60 artists ... modernist-influenced ceramic vessels from blind artist Kristi Dean http://richmondstandard.com/2015/05/one-of-three-richmond-art-center-exhibitions-this-summer-to-feature-more-than-60-artists/ UCPAC in Rahway hosts free workshop for teaching art to blind and low vision indviduals http://www.nj.com/suburbannews/index.ssf/2015/05/ucpac_in_rahway_hosts_free_wor.html UCPAC Hosts Free Workshop For Teaching Art To Blind And Low Vision Individuals http://www.newjerseystage.com/articles/getarticle.php?ID=5280 http://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwart/article/Rahway-Art-Exhibit-to-Feature-Work-of-Blind-NJ-Artists-65-20150521 Art the great equalizer http://www.barnstablepatriot.com/home2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=39113&Itemid=34 This blind makeup artist can contour better than you http://metro.co.uk/2015/05/20/blind-girl-does-her-own-make-up-5205122/ BLIND AMBITION: Artist who lost sight, hearing teaches Dreyfoos students The moment it happened was when one student asked, ?What if??? What if there were such a thing like a fine art museum where you could touch all the pieces? Where looking at the exhibits wasn?t nearly as important as interacting with them? Where you could go room to room and let the artists speak through their work and make your literally feel what they felt? Touch it. Smell it. Hear it. Taste it, even. http://featured.blog.palmbeachpost.com/2015/05/13/blind-ambition-artist-who-lost-sight-hearing-teaches-dreyfoos-students/ Carmen Papalia, blind Vancouver artist challenges artistic tradition Papalia has been commissioned to work at museums around the world http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/carmen-papalia-blind-vancouver-artist-challenges-artistic-tradition-1.3045088 From fnugg at online.no Mon Jul 27 14:21:47 2015 From: fnugg at online.no (fnugg at online.no) Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2015 16:21:47 +0200 Subject: [Art_beyond_sight_learning_tools] Joshua Miele, tablets, astronomy, 3D Message-ID: <55B63E7B.50907@online.no> Talking with ? A scientist for the blind *J.:*/Can you tell me a bit about Smith-Kettlewell and what you do there?/ *Joshua Miele:*It?s a San Francisco nonprofit that specializes in research related to vision and vision loss. I basically research and develop accessible information technologies for the blind. /You have a B.A. in physics and a Ph.D. in psychoacoustics, both from U.C. Berkeley. Was your goal always to create technology for the blind? / I started out wanting to be a rocket scientist, but I was constantly having to figure out how I, as a blind scientist, could get access to the tools and information I needed to do my work. I realized my contribution might be more significant if I focused on that instead. Psychoacoustics is a branch of experimental psychology that studies hearing and how it works http://www.jweekly.com/article/full/75139/talking-with-a-scientist-for-the-blind Maps That You Can Hear and Touch Scientists and architects are pioneering a new cartography for blind users. ... Using maps is a major part of using public transit. That's why Dr. Joshua Miele , a scientist at the Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute in San Francisco, partnered with LightHouse , a local organization for the blind, to create accessible maps of every BART transit station. Made on an embossing printer, the maps are tactile, large-print, and have an audio component: By using a Livescribe smart-pen , users can tap on icons (a ticket booth or a exit, say) and listen to more detailed information (how much for a fare, or what intersection the stairs lead to). Advocates at LightHouse have beendistributing the maps and pens to clients and teacherssince June. http://www.citylab.com/design/2015/01/making-better-maps-for-the-blind/384495/ Smart Liquid May Pave Way For Tactile Tablet Touch Screens For The Blind An Austrian company has developed an intriguing tablet for the blind and visually impaired, using "Smart Liquid" to convert text into braille letters on its display. The rise of mobile technology has invaded virtually every aspect of our lives, and smartphones and tablets are now nearly ubiquitous. We now have a vast array of information available at our fingertips, but a standard touch screen is useless for the blind and visually impaired. http://www.techtimes.com/articles/70982/20150723/smart-liquid-may-pave-way-for-tactile-tablet-touch-screens-for-the-blind.htm Could This Transforming Touchscreen Make a Tablet for the Blind? With Blitab, the touching could go both ways http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/gadgets/news/a16533/blitab-braille-touchscreen-tablet/ Solving the problem of selfies for the blind *From today, taking a selfie has got easier for blind people*, thanks to a special team of Italian researchers from the Sant?Anna high school in Pisa . They have developed *Tactile Blind Photography*, a revolutionary app that was presented at the international contest Students Innovation Challenge 2015 in Chicago. It works with a special smartphone, the TPAD Phone, which is equipped with a haptic screen, which provides tactile sensations to the user?s fingers. http://www.west-info.eu/solving-the-problem-of-selfies-for-the-blind/ Bulgarians develop tablet for blind people http://www.focus-fen.net/news/2015/07/07/377474/bulgarians-develop-tablet-for-blind-people.html http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/blitab-worlds-first-tactile-tablet-ipad-blind-1508042 New haptic technology helps people with disabilities http://abc7chicago.com/technology/new-haptic-technology-helps-people-with-disabilities/829715/ American Printing House for the Blind shows off technology to Congress .... Mudd hopes to one day see a Refreshabraille display that can transform an entire page of tactile graphics into braille. But he said the technology isn't there yet. http://www.bizjournals.com/louisville/news/2015/06/09/american-printing-house-for-the-blind-shows-off.html Prado http://socialnewsdaily.com/51995/please-touch-the-art-prado-makes-exhibit-for-the-blind/ Students Create 3D Printed Tactile Map of Campus for Visually Impaired http://3dprint.com/63896/3d-printed-tactile-campus-map/ Blind STEM student helps others learn in 3-D http://3dprint.com/63896/3d-printed-tactile-campus-map/ UCM students develop 3D map to assist blind http://www.dailystarjournal.com/people/community/article_8cdd0df7-298d-53be-85fe-4bc77abf27c8.html National Museum creates friendly environment for differently abled *For the first time in the 55 years since the National Museum opened its doors to people, tactile paths have been laid and tactile objects displayed for an ongoing exhibition to create a better environment for the visually impaired.* http://www.deccanherald.com/content/475835/national-museum-creates-friendly-environment.html http://zeenews.india.com/news/india/national-museum-creates-friendly-environment-for-differently-abled_1589137.html Newly Developed Graphic Tactile Display For Blind People by Tactisplay Corp. http://www.digitaljournal.com/pr/2541516 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJ-__pYkfbs Airborne Ultrasound Tactile Display https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSf2-jm0SsQ Artist Lyndy Moles creates tactile art for the blind Ryde-based artist Lyndy Moles creates tactile, sensory artwork that can be enjoyed by the blind and visually impaired. The exhibition, which runs until Wednesday, has been staged in collaboration with the IW Society for the Blind and features five new pieces of work, all tactile and each containing additional sensory dimension. The artwork is white and touchable, a concept Lyndy, who moved to the Island three years ago, has worked with for many years, creating minimalist images that allow an emphasis on texture and form. http://www.iwcp.co.uk/news/entertainment/artist-lyndy-moles-creates-tactile-art-for-the-blind-78777.aspx Braille and tactile images get blind children closer to reading *A mix of braille and tactile images. These are the ?tactilo-visuelle? editions. Books particularly suitable for children with visual impairments*because they allow them a well-rounded understanding of the text. This approach provides, in fact, a more concrete representation because, next to the text description, children have the power of abstraction thanks to *the possibility to experience the images* *http://www.west-info.eu/braille-and-tactile-images-get-blind-children-closer-to-reading/* ** ** *Laville imprimerie - press* *http://www.lavillebraille.fr/ledition-tactilo-visuelle/* ** ** ** **Paintings the blind can feel, touch and understand http://www.gainesville.com/article/20150324/ARTICLES/150329884?Title=Paintings-the-blind-can-feel-touch-and-understand this was a bit off topic but thought very interesting Doctors use blind women to find breast lumps in cancer patients http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/technology-science/science/doctors-use-blind-women-find-5215204 The blind breast cancer detectors http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-31552562 3D printing tactile versions of Goodnight Moon for blind children http://boingboing.net/2015/02/20/3d-printed-picture-books.html Public Works: Maps for the Blind http://torontoist.com/2015/02/public-works-maps-for-the-blind/ Technology helps blind kids 'see' stars An innovative Kiwi is about to teach astronomy to blind students with the help of 3D printer technology. It will be a first for New Zealand's education system with a pilot programme set to launch next year. Designer and entrepreneur Arturo Pelayo is the brains behind Tactile Astronomy, a programme that aims to use technology to help teach blind students. He says there is potential to improve the quality of what can be achieved from 3D printing. At the moment things such as toys and hearing aids are printed using the technology. http://www.stuff.co.nz/technology/digital-living/64498949/technology-helps-blind-kids--see-stars ** From comicsempower at gmail.com Tue Aug 25 10:50:06 2015 From: comicsempower at gmail.com (Comics Empower) Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2015 12:50:06 +0200 Subject: [Art_beyond_sight_learning_tools] Comics for the Blind and the Visually Impaired Message-ID: Hi everyone! Just letting you all know I created an online comic book store for the blind and the visually impaired! Comics, as you probably know, are a proven gateway to literacy. They are also a proven way to empower kids, teenagers and adults throughout their lives. Here's an article about that: http://comicsempower.com/empower_your_kids Here's the link to the comic book store for the blind and the visually impaired: http://comicsempower.com/ Have a great week! Guy From Lisa.Yayla at statped.no Mon Aug 31 08:57:02 2015 From: Lisa.Yayla at statped.no (Lisa Yayla) Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2015 08:57:02 +0000 Subject: [Art_beyond_sight_learning_tools] Labanotation or Kinetography Laban - dance notation Message-ID: <45eecfdb0a494fdeaa6fa2498d5307f5@MAIL2.statped.no> Hi, Has anyone worked with Labanotation or Kinetography Laban - notation for dance or any other types of movement notation - making it tactile? Thanks Lisa -Scanned by Exchange Hosted Services- From fnugg at online.no Thu Sep 3 13:01:48 2015 From: fnugg at online.no (fnugg at online.no) Date: Thu, 3 Sep 2015 15:01:48 +0200 Subject: [Art_beyond_sight_learning_tools] ClickAndGo maps, Hubble, Kalamazoo Valley Museum, Espoo, 3D Message-ID: <55E844BC.4060803@online.no> Smriti Irani ups NTSE Scholarships to 2000 From this year, we will give 2000 scholarships,? Smriti Irani said. She also released a Tactile Map Book on Braille for upper primary students and appreciated NCERT?s efforts for this work. http://www.niticentral.com/2015/09/03/smriti-irani-ups-ntse-scholarships-2000-332066.html This Tactile Map of Burning Man Is Awesome, No Matter Your Level of Sight Smartphones, apps, and text readers have radically improved access and navigation for the blind, as CityLabhas shown before . But what happens when GPS and WiFi signals are glitchy, like in Nevada?s Black Rock Desert? Or what if you?re headed somewhere that, with or without sight, is a little intimidating?say, a temporary metropolis laid out like a clock around a humanoid pyre, populated by naked people on vision-quests? Blind Burning Man attendees, there?s a tactile map for you http://www.citylab.com/design/2015/08/this-tactile-map-of-burning-man-is-awesome-no-matter-your-level-of-sight/402595/ A tactile map of Black Rock City! Radical Inclusion has never been this radical. https://www.facebook.com/BurningMan/posts/10152625469787168 Open books, open minds: Emporia Public Library Book Sale ?There are many reasons ? one of them for me is what reading a tactile book means for children,? Laurent said. ?There?s all kinds of research that shows that holding a physical thing, going from left to right, physically turning the pages and following with their eyes and sometimes with their fingers develops a part of the brain that reading digitally does not.? http://www.emporiagazette.com/education/article_21678561-77a6-58df-890f-c7d1506b3f8a.html "Little Black Puppy" tactile story book for blind kids http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:512340 *"Children have a right to attend the town's artistic and cultural institutions, both with family and school, in order to discover and experience what the area offers them.?* ** *mentions that she has made a tactile book - * *https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/5/25/130127/Arts--Culture/Visual-Art/th-principle-of-the-Charter-of-Children%25E2%2580%2599s-Rights-t.aspx&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTAwOTU2ODk1NzAxMDE1MjY3MzMyGjdjMTA0NzEwNDBiODQ1ZGU6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNFKYu00XHnbROxomostddF1GS4SDg* ** *Bitlab* ***Smart Liquid May Pave Way For Tactile Tablet Touch Screens For The Blind* *http://www.techtimes.com/articles/70982/20150723/smart-liquid-may-pave-way-for-tactile-tablet-touch-screens-for-the-blind.htm* ** ** ** ** *Kalamazoo Valley Museum?s Helen Keller Exhibit * ** The Scientific Study panels include a tactile model of the human eye, a relief picture of the eye, and natural specimens that can be explored by touch. It also includes an APH Light Box which was invented for low vision students. It helps develop awareness of light, color, and visual discrimination. In the Mathematics area, guests can use an abacus to add and subtract. With stationary pins and rubber bands, geometric shapes can be constructed. A Talking Scientific Calculator provides a prime example of how technology plays an important role in helping blind and low vision students learn mathematics today. Textured relief maps, a relief globe, a Talking Tablet, and a modern geography puzzle round out the Geography section. ?The Kalamazoo Valley Museum works hard to find ways to make the museum experience accessible to everyone,? said Bill McElhone, Kalamazoo Valley Museum Director. ?We?re pleased to host this exhibit because it brings our discussion on diversity to a new level.? http://comvoicesonline.com/20169/education/kalamazoo-valley-museums-helen-keller-exhibit/ 3-D printing technology could benefit the blind Deirdre An, Correspondent technicianonline.com A team of NC State researchers created a tactile map for blind people depicting the roundabout at Stinson Drive and Pullen Road adjacent to the Bell Tower. The map was created by Bastian Schroeder, assistant director for highway programs at the NC State Institute for Transportation Research, and research assistant Jeffrey Chang using Hunt Library?s 3-D printer in Makerspace, an area on the fourth floor of Hunt with two 3-D printers and a laser cutter. Japan Prepares to Make 3D Printed Topographic Maps Available for the Blind http://3dprint.com/16574/japan-3d-printed-maps-blind/ Scientists Provide 3D Prints of Hubble Telescope Images to Visually Impaired Just as the Hubble has deepened our understanding of the universe, it has sparked many new ideas and theories?including this new one by astronomers Carol Christian and Antonella Nota of the Space Telescope Science Institute who received a Hubble education and public outreach grant that allowed them to buy a 3D printer last year. In experimenting with 3D printing to enlighten the visually impaired with the sights of the Hubble Telescope in the form of textured 3D prints, the scientists enlisted the help of more than 100 volunteers of all ages from the National Federation of the Blind . Volunteers gladly submitted to testing different designs and giving their thoughts to the scientists, who then made changes and revisions accordingly. ?We found we were able to create mental models for these people,? said Dr. Carol Christian. ?They would say, ?I can see it, I can see it,? and then they would describe what they were seeing in their head.? http://3dprint.com/16692/3d-print-hubble-blind/ ClickAndGo Wayfinding is partnered with InTouch Graphics , providing tactile maps that include both low vision and tactile features. Any individual, whether they have 20/20 vision, low vision or no vision, can use them effectively. Information for individuals who are mobility impaired can also be included, allowing users to easily identify and plan wheelchair accessible routes.http://www.clickandgomaps.com/clickandgo-tactile-maps/ Maps That You Can Hear and Touch Scientists and architects are pioneering a new cartography for blind users. http://www.citylab.com/design/2015/01/making-better-maps-for-the-blind/384495/ Public Works: Maps for the Blind A San Francisco group is creating tactile and audio maps of transit stations. What measures has the TTC taken to accommodate the visually impaired? http://torontoist.com/2015/02/public-works-maps-for-the-blind/ Students honored: tasked with 3D tactile map for visually impaired http://www.pcccourier.com/2015/02/04/students-honored-tasked-with-3d-tactile-map-for-visually-impaired/ Espoo, Finland: Versoteq Installs 3D Printed, Full Color Mall Maps http://3dprint.com/60092/versoteq-3d-printed-mall-map/ UCM students develop 3D map to assist blind http://www.dailystarjournal.com/people/community/article_8cdd0df7-298d-53be-85fe-4bc77abf27c8.html Windsor-based company provides unique products for visually impaired From textbooks to maps to menus Rebecca Blaevoet and her husband provide highly customizable products for the visually impaired that are available in few other places around the world. Tactile Visions Graphics is one of three producers in the world that Blaevoet knows of that does this ? and it?s located at 400 Erie Street E. right here in Windsor. http://blogs.windsorstar.com/news/windsor-based-company-provides-unique-products-for-visually-impaired Talking with ? A scientist for the blind *Joshua Miele* http://www.jweekly.com/article/full/75139/talking-with-a-scientist-for-the-blind The Valley of the Temples in Sicily now accessible to the blind http://www.west-info.eu/the-valley-of-the-temples-in-sicily-now-accessible-to-the-blind/ Metrolink launches new route map designed for colour-blind passengers http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/metrolink-launches-new-route-map-9938362acca From Lisa.Yayla at statped.no Fri Sep 4 08:37:23 2015 From: Lisa.Yayla at statped.no (Lisa Yayla) Date: Fri, 4 Sep 2015 08:37:23 +0000 Subject: [Art_beyond_sight_learning_tools] Creating interfaces, creating experiences: Chelsea Cook at TEDxVirginiaTech Message-ID: <49d083dba249404eb57465acb45c2b62@MAIL2.statped.no> Hi, Wonderful TED-talk! About STEM, tactiles, 3D and reaching for the stars. 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