It is nice blogging again,
Once you get into the habit and overcome the block there is no limit except the closing hours of the computer lab and the start time for my lectures.
You know every year there are literally thousands of gadgets put out for people who have all our senses but what about the blind, the deaf and both?
For years we know that producing Braille books are expensive and heavy because of the need for thick paper. You can't expect blind people lugging all these books. You know all this talk about getting every child in Malaysia a alptop is pipe dream.
Why not instead of such an attainable goal an iPod with spoken word recording of major textbooks for blind children so that getting educated don't have to be so diffcult for them and draining on their parents parts. This is definitely cheaper and more feasible.
We have eBooks why not an eBraillebook? A tablet size thingie that has movable points that up and down to form the Braille letters that make up the page of a book. Since all the information can be recorded as either 1 or 0 you don't need super memory though you might need a bit more power to generate enough current to moce the plastic or rubber points up and down. At least many books can be fitted into one and there is no need to choose between lugging lods of heavies or stay at home. Give the blind a chance to experience the society which schools provide.