[optacon-l] Re: from Peggy Covey
- From: "Marie Rudys" <mrudys@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2010 06:18:26 -0700
I hope someone will revive and possibly redesign the Optacon and shape it
into a newer form of itself. It would be nice to have a slimmer version and
a battery that lasts longer and takes less time to recharge. What do you
think? And I would like to see a 100-pin tactile array.
Marie
----- Original Message -----
From: "pacovey" <misscat@xxxxxxxx>
To: "optacon" <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, July 23, 2010 6:03 AM
Subject: [optacon-l] from Peggy Covey
> Hello everyone,
> Every once in awhile, someone comes along who wants to do something for us
> blind folks. Last sunday I met with a student from the University of
> Cincinnati School of Design. He is interested in inventing a device that
> would be cheap and assist with travel. It would combine lasers and
> vibrating motors to impart information. I talked with him, then invited
> him to my home. You might say, I pulled him in to the deep end. He saw
> everything in my office including the OPTACON. Of course, he had never
> heard of it and was fascinated with it. He was able to recognize a few
> letters. He appreciated the potential of it and wondered why it is
> considered "old technology". I don't know what his project will be now but
> it was fun spending three hours with him.
>
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