“A vision substitution system using forehead electrical stimulation” by Kajimoto, Kanno and Tachi

  • ©Hiroyuki Kajimoto, Yonezo Kanno, and Susumu Tachi

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    A vision substitution system using forehead electrical stimulation

Session/Category Title:   Push, Pull, and Touch Technologies


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    The Forehead Retina System captures the view in front and converts it to tactile sensation by electrical stimulation. Using the device, users can feel the surrounding environment with their forehead skin.

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    1. Collins 1970. Tactile television – mechanical and electrical image projection. IEEE Trans. MMS-11, 1 (Mar.), 65–71.
    2. Kajimoto et al 2003. Smarttouch: A New skin layer to touch the non-touchable. In Conference Abstracts of SIGGRAPH.


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