>FYI:
>From: Darren Murph
>Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2008 10:43 AM
>Subject: Former professor creates vibrating Braille handset
>
>http://www.fareastgizmos.com/mobile_phones/worlds_first_vibrating_braille_cell_phone_developed_in_japan.php
>
>Filed under: Cellphones
>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
>message." Those currently involved with the project are now toiling to make
>the keypad-to-vibration converters smaller, but there's no word just yet on
>whether the technology will be picked up commercially.
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