Research and Development

Demonstration Videos of E.A.S.Y. technology.

 

(1) E.A.S.Y inTACT Printer and Worksheets (Beta prototype Printer) :
This video shows how the inTACT Printer works and how it can produce ‘ interactive tactile graphics worksheets‘; i.e., exercises with pre-printed graphics that require a student to draw by hand on the same plastic sheet to add to or modify the existent images in completing the exercise.

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(2) E.A.S.Y inTACT Printer and Worksheets (alpha prototype Printer) :
This video shows how the inTACT Printer works and how it can produce ‘ interactive tactile graphics worksheets‘; i.e., exercises with pre-printed graphics that require a student to draw by hand on the same plastic sheet to add to or modify the existent images in completing the exercise.

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(3) E.A.S.Y. inTACT Digitizing Sketchpad and Printing (alpha Printer and Sketchpad prototypes):
This video shows how freehand raised-line drawing images can be captured digitally in real time, printed, and modified by hand as desired.

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(4) E.A.S.Y. inTACT Eraser:
This video shows how raised-lines on tactile graphics plastic sheets can be erased with low heat.

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Documents, Presentations, and Patents

 

(1) “inTACT Worksheets: Interactive Tactile Graphics in preK-12 education”:
This is a presentation we made at “Tactile Graphics in Education and Careers”, a symposium sponsored by the National Federation of the Blind in 2018. It’s an overview of the result of our work developing the inTACT Printer and ‘interactive tactile graphics worksheets’ as part of our Phase I and II STTR grants.

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(2) US Patent 9,460,634 B2: “Systems for and Methods of Digital Recording and Reproduction of Tactile Drawings”:

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(3) US Patent 9,403,401 B2: “Thermal Eraser for Tactile Drawings”:

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