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See in complete darkness with touch

Stuff Made Here · demo · Watch on YouTube

3D printing, CNC & maker projectsMechanical & precision engineering

What it is

Stuff Made Here builds a device that lets a blind person perceive their surroundings by touch, using an iPad's lidar and a mechanical tactile display driven by motors. The video walks through the build and the limits he hit.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN admires the maker's engineering and cites it in accessibility discussions, especially for the limits of sensory resolution versus perception.

  • 1 people recommended it
  • 1 different months
  • 1 strong recommendations
  • first 2020, last 2023

What HN commenters said

  1. “This guy is a legend. Awesome videos.”

    iPad lidar to braille converter that was really impressive.

    sambroner, 2020-07 · Strong recommendation · in “I made a robot to cut my hair with scissors [video]”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: tactile display, lidar, blind accessibility, maker project, braille

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