An innovative new tablet that uses magnetically configurable bumps may prove to be a powerful tool for translating information like maps and other imagery to a modality more easily accessed by the visually impaired.

BlindPAD’s tablet for the vision-impaired

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BlindPAD’s tablet for the vision-impaired

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