Sumit Dagar
Sumit Dagar
Overview
Indian company Kriyate Design Solutions, headed and run by post-graduate student Sumit Dagar, has built a prototype Braille smartphone that makes use of a type of shape metal alloy to cause pins to raise and lower on a touchscreen—it allows users to read what is being sent using only their fingertips. Dagar and his company are working with the Indian Institute of Technology and the prototype they've created is set to be tested by the L V Prasad Eye Institute. Dagar reportedly came up with the idea for a Braille phone on his own while attending India's National Institute of Design.
