Reprogrammable Braille

Jul-25-18 Reprogrammable Braille could allow very large volumes of text to be contained on smaller objects.

Developed by a team from Harvard, the reprogrammable Braille could significantly shrink the size of Braille-translated books. The system relies on Braille indents made on a thin, curved elastic shell. The indentations will remain in the shell as applied until the elastic is stretched, erasing them.

According to L.Mahadevan, professor and senior author on the study, “We show how an otherwise featureless curved elastic shell, when loaded appropriately, can store elastic bits (e-bits) that can be written and erased at will anywhere along the shell.”

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