Thimble Finger Glove a Boon for the Visually Impaired

A bluetooth finger-glove called �Thimble' is all set to help the visually impaired. This was designed by Erik Hedberg and Zack Bennet.

This new gadget works as a Braille when hooked up to your smartphone. All kinds of messages can be conveyed to the user by pulsing braille shapes on fingertips via an �electro tactile grid array'.

This invention will also allow multimedia access. It also has a camera that can scan words and transcribe them into Braille. This feature comes along with a microphone. Thus the user can ask the location and the phone will provide the information via GPS and the user can read it with the help of the Thimble.

Source: Medindia