Thimble - There's a Thing for That
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Thimble was created as a concept within the Industrial Design Programme at the University of Washington School of Arts. It’s a wearable personal device, which enables the visually impaired to better interact with their environment through reading papers, informing about one’s location and so on.

Company: Erik Hedberg and Zack Bennet, student project Industrial Design, University of Washington School of Arts
Components: multimedia finger with optical scanner and sensor