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Touchable Memories─── 14:44 Thu, 23 Oct 2014
This Company 3D-Prints Old Photos To Help The Blind Re-Experience Memories
“Touchable Memories” is an experiment that aims to help the blind physically re-experience visual memories using 3D printers. This project, which was developed by LOLA for the Singapore-based company Pirate3D, tested 3D printing technology in an unexplored field and achieved incredible results. Just as Braille was invented to help the blind share and absorb information more easily, this method has the potential to unlock access to images that were once completely locked away from the blind community by reproducing them as 3D sculptures or reliefs. Read on to see more and to watch a video of the project in action. Blind people can’t remember all of the details in photos, which can make visual memories fade over time, with the help of 3D printing technology.
-boredpanda.com
