A Touchscreen for the Blind

In a two-month summer course on high-performance computing, promising undergrads compete to create innovative applications. This summer’s winner developed a touchscreen Braille writer that stands to revolutionize how the blind negotiate an unseen world by replacing devices costing up to 10 times more.

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