Helping blind students ‘see’ nanoscale objects
March 28, 2007 | Source: KurzweilAI
To give blind students a feel — literally — for nanoscience and technology, University of Wisconsin-Madison scientists are building three-dimensional models of nano-surfaces that are large enough to be explored with the hands.
They used a rapid prototyping printer, which lays down plaster layer-by-layer to “print” 3-D models.