He’s converting rotary motion of the tiny motors in to linear movement for pushing the Braille “cell” pins up and down. The eccentric weight on the vibration motor is replaced with a shaped cam.

Instead of using a camera to look for raised or lowered pins in this mechanical braille display, [Matthiew] is using OpenCV to detect the shadows. This requires calibrating the camera to the ...

thanks to the advent of refreshable braille displays. These displays involve a row of moving ‘pins’ that form braille characters as the user runs their fingers over them (almost like a braille ...

COMPETED IN AN ACADEMIC BRAILLE CHALLENGE HERE IN DES MOINES YESTERDAY. IT’S THE ONLY COMPETITION OF ITS KIND RIGHT HERE IN NORTH AMERICA. FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR VISUALLY IMPAIRED.

GE's Access Kit is designed to make setting the program on one of the best dishwashers or best washing machines easier and more accessible for all users, including those who are v ...