The blind project was very systematically explored although we weren't able to complete it entirely. The systematic structure of the course is what stood out to me. Abstract ideas and thoughts were explained very well through the documentaries Narendra showed us. These thoughts remained abstract but I felt I had a grip over the crux of the thoughs.
Our class approached this course by doing, in my opinion, a fairly easy project - to design a braille business card. After Narendra gave us this instruction, I proposed to create a card that will not only be braille enabled, but could also be used for the visually capable. After looking at the braille alphabet, I saw a pattern. The braille alphabet resembled the English alphabet in that the braille alphabet seemed to catch essence of the English letters. I managed to combine both braille and the English alphabet in my prototype of a visiting card.
Our class approached this course by doing, in my opinion, a fairly easy project - to design a braille business card. After Narendra gave us this instruction, I proposed to create a card that will not only be braille enabled, but could also be used for the visually capable. After looking at the braille alphabet, I saw a pattern. The braille alphabet resembled the English alphabet in that the braille alphabet seemed to catch essence of the English letters. I managed to combine both braille and the English alphabet in my prototype of a visiting card.
Our next task was to create a t- shirt that could be worn by the blind. I created an interactive t- shirt that has strips of paper stuck on it with 2x3 grids. My idea was to stick pieces of double-sided tape in each grid to create words.
My group's next step was to list the problems a blind person would face while travelling around Bangalore city. We did this by interviewing passengers, bus drivers, conductors, security guards and students on the problems they think exist, and their solutions to these problems. We had fortunate stroke of serendipity when we met two blind people on our bus who told us that the citizens of Bangalore were more than willing to help them during their commute.
Our final task was to equip the N3 campus with whatever would make it blind friendly. I was involved in making floor plans for the basement as well as the 3 floors and decided to emboss them so that the blind can feel these maps while walking around the campus.
My group's next step was to list the problems a blind person would face while travelling around Bangalore city. We did this by interviewing passengers, bus drivers, conductors, security guards and students on the problems they think exist, and their solutions to these problems. We had fortunate stroke of serendipity when we met two blind people on our bus who told us that the citizens of Bangalore were more than willing to help them during their commute.
Our final task was to equip the N3 campus with whatever would make it blind friendly. I was involved in making floor plans for the basement as well as the 3 floors and decided to emboss them so that the blind can feel these maps while walking around the campus.
As I said in the beginning of this write up, the systematic, step-by-step approach to this course was what appealed to me the most. Since this was our first project, I didn't know what to expect while working in a group, but I understand now that group work is definitely more challenging than individual tasks. At the same time it opens you to others' ideas that may at times be better than yours.
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