What We Are Reading

Here are a few items that caught our attention in the last month:

• Wonderful TEDx talk by Chelsea Cook, a blind physics student from Virginia Tech who talks about how 3D printing made complex math concepts clear to her for the first time, including some great in-classroom footage of the teacher-student interaction where she has her “aha” moment – very moving: “Touch the stars”

• New gadget helps the vision impaired to read graphs – July 29, 2014
• Touchable Memories: This Company 3D-Prints Old Photos To Help The Blind Re-Experience Memories – October 16, 2014