Reading lessons.

The article looks at efforts to develop tablet computers with Braille displays for use by the blind. It describes different possible technologies for this purpose, including a shape-changing ceramic screen; electrostatic haptics, or the use of vibration to simulate the feeling of a raised dot; and p...

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Publicado en:Economist Vol. 415; no. 8943; p. 79
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Economist Newspaper Limited 6/20/2015
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