TED Talks

Keith Kirkland: Wearable tech that helps you navigate by touch

TV-PG
2019 • E80    Apr 10, 2019    6m
Keith Kirkland is developing wearable tech that communicates information using only the sense of touch. He's trying to figure out: What gestures and vibration patterns could intuitively communicate ideas like "stop" or "go"? Check out his team's first product, a navigation device for the blind and visually impaired, and learn more about the entirely new "haptic language" he's creating to power it.

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