Top: Blown-up status bar showing service bars, wi-fi status, time, Bluetooth status, and battery level. Left: Larger phone with application tiles and text. Right: iPhone 7 phone size with app tiles.
Technology Description
Also, in partnership with the NC Blind Lions, tactile phone screens have been 3D printed to help teach the significantly blind the layout of a typical smart phone. This is especially useful for phone users who have been blind from an early age and the elderly who have never used a smart phone. The printed screens give users a tactile feel of the ‘virtual buttons’ found on smart phones.
If you are interested in obtaining a copy of the 3D print .stl file for your own printing purposes, please contact: livewellrerc.developer@gmail.com.
Development Team
- Adrienne Hawkes – Student, Duke University Biomedical Engineering
- Bill Graham – NC Blind Lions
- Elizabeth Peters – Museum Educator for Community Audiences, Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University
- Myra Weise – Visitor Services Manager, Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University
- Leighanne Davis
- Kevin Caves