Friday, November 7, 2014

touchable memories

Pirate3D/Buccaneer/designboom.com
This is one of the most amazing uses I've seen for 3D printers so far.

I've been reading about them making mechanical and medical parts, trying to wrap my brain around all of it. But this video took me to another level of understanding.  Now, I get it.

Pirate3D has developed a printer, called Buccaneer, that helps visually impaired people touch a memory.
Click here to see what I mean.