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Braille phones in and of themselves aren’t all that unique, but a former professor (who just so happens to be completely blind) from Tsukuba University of Technology has crafted a variant that jumps and jives. Dubbed the world’s first vibrating Braille cellphone, the device is programmed to emit pulses depending on which key is pressed; more specifically, a pair of terminals attached to the handset “vibrate at a

specific rate to create a notice.” Those currently involved with the project are now toiling to form the keypad-to-vibration converters smaller, but there’s no word just yet on whether the technology will be picked up commercially.

[Via FarEastGizmos]

 

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Original post by Darren Murph