[Ohio-talk] Fwd: Vibrating Glove Teaches Braille

[Marianne Denning]

This sounds very interesting.

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From: "Dr. Avnish Chopra M.D." <sensex at gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2014 15:37:57 +0530
Subject: Vibrating Glove Teaches Braille
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Vibrating Glove Teaches Braille
Ubergizmo

I am a firm believer that the very day in which we stop learning, that
is more often than not the day that we die. Learning Braille is
definitely not easy at all, especially for someone who has not yet
lost his or her sight, and for those who have lost their eyesight and
want to pick up Braille, it can be quite challenging, too. There are
concepts in the past that might help ease the passage of learning, but
none of those seem to be able to hold a candle to this vibrating glove
that will be able to let one pick up Braille thanks to the wonders of
passive haptic learning.

Researchers over at the Georgia Institute of Technology have managed
to come up with a glove that will allow users to learn how to read and
write Braille, even when they are focusing on unrelated activities.
How does it work? This wearable computer will rely on miniature
vibrating motors that have been sewn into the knuckles, and it was
discovered that motor skills in participants were being developed
without requiring them to focus on the movement of their hands.

It is said that only 10% of the 40 million blind persons worldwide
learn Braille, with the main barrier being schools neglecting this
aspect of learning. Thad Starner, College of Computing Professor at
Georgia Tech and technical lead/manager on Google’s Project Glass,
said, “The process is based on passive haptic learning (PHL). We’ve
learned that people can acquire motor skills through vibrations
without devoting active attention to their hands.”

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Marianne Denning, TVI, MA
Teacher of students who are blind or visually impaired
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