This Smart Watch For The Blind Displays Braille In Real Time

eWearNow   Trouble seeing this email?     The most important news in Wearable Technology.     Top Stories     Best Buy To Carry Apple Watch Minneapolis – Best Buy will be the first national retailer, besides Apple itself, to carry the manufacturer's line of smart watches. The No. 1 CE chain will begin carrying 16 Apple Watch models on Aug. 7 in over 100 stores and on BestBuy.com. Read More»   Nintendo NX Could Be A Virtual Reality Gaming Console Nintendo could be getting into the Virtual/Alternate Reality game with its next console, the NX, according to one financial site's hypothesis. Digi-Capital, a noted financials and investment site, has penned a blog about the direction Nintendo could be taking with the NX. The blog pulls various quotes from Nintendo executives and checks them against facts to come up with that idea. Inspired by the late Satoru Iwata's "Blue Ocean Strategy", the site examines the possible routes Nintendo could be taking with the Wii U's successor. What the company referred to as a "Nintendo-like solution" could be Alternate/Virtual reality, which the site claims could hit $150 billion by 2020. Read More»   This Smart Watch For The Blind Displays Braille In Real Time In the past decade, we've seen the interfaces of our phones and watches transform from button-strewn slabs to sleek touchscreens, which has opened up new world of delivering information in real time. In this age of digital text, however, those with visual impairments are increasingly being left behind. Korean startup Dot is making moves to address this issue with a smartwatch designed specifically for blind users. The Dot smartwatch looks like a cross between a Fitbit and a Pebble Time. In place of a standard watch face, though, sits a module housing four cells of six active dots – enough for four braille characters to be formed at any one time. Read More»     Top Headlines     Nike, Apple To Settle FuelBand Lawsuit » Here Come the Wearables That Want to Save Your Life » To See Benefits, Heath Wearables Must Keep People Engaged » FocusMotion Wants To Turn Every Wearable Into A Fitness Tracker »     Around The Web     This Woman Doesn't Wear Wearables. She Implants Them » The Deadly History Of L.A. Lights, The Original Wearables » GoPro Video Of The Day: Ride Along on an Insane 2,000-Feet Long Slip 'N Slide » Comparing Apples To Lemons: Windows Phone Beats Apple Watch » Why I Ditched My Fitbit » Products Industry Retail Events Subscribe Visit The Site   Advertise Contact Us Send this to a friend       ©2015 NewBay Media, LLC

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