Cool looking watch, right? This isn’t just any watch, though.
Industrial designer David Chavez has led a project to design a wrist watch that display time with braille. It’s called, Heptica.
He says,
Haptica presents a logical alternative for the blind and replaces the archaic products currently available. It provides precision and discretion to the user and seeks to improve the quality of life for a consumer market that is oftentimes over looked. Like most products for people with disabilities, it’s somewhat of a niche market.
Many products in this category are clumsy and unappealing. Raising funds or finding a big company to back these kinds of products is difficult. By harnessing the power of crowd sourcing, a great concept can become a great product and we won’t have to compromise the creative process. We’ll be able to create a product that will be both functional and beautiful.
It uses a mechanical system that rotates braille notation into the center display, without sacrificing design style. They still haven’t reached their funding goal, yet, so you can still help them out over at Kickstarter.
[via Kickstarter]
Chris Ames says
awesome.
Eric Dye says
🙂