[Blindmath] Assistance with a competition

Mon Mar 6 03:32:05 UTC 2017

Hi Brandon, my deepest apologies for such a late reply, but things have been very hectic around here.

I will add the description that I sent a couple of days a go to the video description, but I am afraid that I cannot change the video. Our limit was 90 s, and as such we couldn’t include everything that we wanted to include.

I have also sent a private email off list, so hopefully you receive it.

Zac, thanks for your interest on helping, and I will keep you posted so that you can definitely help us out.

Please do let me know if people know of other individuals who might be interested in the technology, and would like to help.

Thanks for all the support, and I will keep you all posted on the progress we make.
Kind regards
Santi

> On 1 Mar 2017, at 10:38 PM, Brandon Keith Biggs via Blindmath <blindmath at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> 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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