[Blindmath] Assistance with a competition

[Brandon Keith Biggs]

Hello Santi,
That was exactly what I was looking for! Can you put that in the video
description please? Because now I can actually picture what you are trying
to do and get excited about it.
Can you please contact me off list? I would really love to talk to you more
about this.
My email is my full name, brandonkeithbiggs, at gmail.com.
I have been dieing for someone to do something like this for a very long
time.
Thank you,


Brandon Keith Biggs <http://brandonkeithbiggs.com/>

On Wed, Mar 1, 2017 at 2:02 AM, Santiago Velasquez via Blindmath <
blindmath at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> Hi Brandon, thanks for your email.
>
> What we are developing is technology that can be incorporated into a range
> of different surfaces to mimic the sensation of touch. Currently we are at
> a very early stage of development, but the end result is for this
> technology to be able to be incorporated into your phone’s display,
> computer’s display, or tablet’s display to reproduce an instant tactile
> representation of any visual content.
>
> As mentioned in the video, we are using a range of different technologies
> to accomplish this. The first is ultra sound, this will enable the display
> to change how smooth or harsh it feels to the user. The second is
> electrical impulses. This will enable the display to reproduce tactile
> Dots, lines and different shapes. And the last is Haptic Feedback. This
> last component of EyeSyght will enable the display to mimmic the sensation
> of depth.
>
> This technology will give us the opportunity to feel a map on a screen in
> real time, feel any type of graph, chart, diagram, sketch, or picture that
> is being display visually. And the last part, is that it will also be able
> to reproduce braille.
>
> My best description, is like TV for your fingers.
>
> The idea came to me since working with visual content within the STEM
> fields is painfully slow, but I am sure that as we progress, more uses will
> become apparent.
>
> I hope I was able to answer your questions, but please feel free to ask
> anything else that you would like to know.
>
> Thanks for the interest, and please keep sharing and liking.
> Santi
>
>
>
> > On 1 Mar 2017, at 5:28 PM, Brandon Keith Biggs via Blindmath <
> blindmath at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> >
> > Hello Santi,
> > This just gives a very vague description of what you are trying to do.
> Help
> > blind people touch pictures. I would really like some more description of
> > what the user will experience.
> > This is something I really would like to be able to do, but I don't
> > understand how all those different technologies will give me an image or
> > what image.
> > Thanks,
> >
> >
> > Brandon Keith Biggs <http://brandonkeithbiggs.com/ <
> http://brandonkeithbiggs.com/>>
> >
> > On Tue, Feb 28, 2017 at 1:27 PM, Santiago Velasquez via Blindmath <
> > blindmath at nfbnet.org <mailto:blindmath at nfbnet.org>> wrote:
> >
> >> Good day to you all, I hope this email finds you well.
> >>
> >> A few weeks back an organisation called Light House for the Blind
> launched
> >> a competition called the Holman prize. They are based in San Francisco
> >> California. The aim of the competition is to provide up to $25000 for an
> >> idea that can benefit the blind community as well as the community at
> >> large. Some Engineering friends and I entered into it  with an idea, it
> is
> >> titled EyeSyght. The purpose of EyeSyght is to enable blind users to
> >> instantly feel anything that is being displayed on a screen. However,
> the
> >> applications are endless. the benefits that we have found outside of the
> >> blind community range from Virtual reality, augmented reality,
> E-commerce,
> >> medicine, and so much more. Having the sensation of a physical keyboard
> on
> >> a touchscreen, being able to actually feel the textures in a virtual
> world,
> >> and giving doctors the ability to operate a person without having to
> open
> >> them up, while still having the same sensation as if their hands were
> >> inside of them. This will all be possible. However, we need your, and
> your
> >> friends assistance. To enter we had to submit a 90 second video pitch,
> and
> >> to move to the second stage we need our video to have the most Youtube
> >> likes.
> >>
> >> Below is the link to the competition, and to our youtube video pitch.
> >> Youtube video pitch:
> >> https://youtu.be/NrkHrR5S0Nw <https://youtu.be/NrkHrR5S0Nw> <
> https://youtu.be/NrkHrR5S0Nw <https://youtu.be/NrkHrR5S0Nw>>
> >>
> >>
> >> Link to the Holman Prize competition:
> >> https://www.holmanprize.org/candidates/2017/2/27/santiago-would <
> https://www.holmanprize.org/candidates/2017/2/27/santiago-would>
> >>
> >>
> >> If you think this is a worthwhile idea, I would appreciate if you are
> able
> >> to share the Youtube video throughout your network of contacts, asking
> them
> >> to like it on Youtube, and asking them to repeat the process with their
> >> network of contacts.
> >>
> >> Thank you very much for anything you are able to do.
> >> Kind regards
> >> Santi
> >>
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