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From the great tomorrowland of concept videos comes yet another
potentially life-changing product: a thimble (looks more like a one-
finger glove to us) that takes ambient input and relays it in via an
electro-tactile grid to the wearer's finger in Braille. It gets text
input from an embedded camera, like in the picture above, or pulls RSS
feeds, books, or presumably any other text via a Bluetooth-paired
smartphone. We are, of course, addicted to the flow of info our mobile
devices feed us throughout the day, and this little guy seems like the
perfect tool to bring that flow more easily to the visually impaired.
Now, venture capitalists, work your magic -- we'll be expecting to see
this thing on shelves just in time for holidays season 2012. Video
after the jump.
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