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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