[Promotion-technology] STEM Accessibility Research

[David Andrews]

This may not be the best list for such a 
discussion, nfb-science might be better:

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Dave

At 11:58 AM 6/25/2012, you wrote:




>
>
>Hello everyone,
>
>I’m a rising sophomore with a vision impairment at Swarthmore
>College, where I intend to major in 
>Environmental Engineering.  This summer, I’m researching in the
>Swarthmore Engineering Department on ways of making STEM subjects more
>accessible to the blind, with potential collaboration with labs at Drexel
>University and the University of Pennsylvania. Our work has three foci

>
>1.) Developing models specific to my fall classes. For
>electrical Engineering, we will use K’NEX to 
>illustrate circuits. For Chemistry
>and Calc 3, we might use 3-D printing.
>
>2.) Studying/applying data sonification. We plan to use
>quadraphonic headphones paired with a joystick to interrogate spatial data
>using ChucK or Matlab.
>
>3.) Developing refreshable, tactile displays. We might try
>creating embossed images with new Piezo actuators or a modernized version of
>the Optacon. As a short term solution, we also plan to work on an IOS app that
>could take in a diagram and vibrate when the user's finger crosses a line.
>
>
>
>I would love to hear any thoughts you might have on my research
>topics. I would be glad to give more info if anyone is interested.
>
>Best regards,
>
>Hayden
>
>hwdahmm at live.com
>
>610-405-0098