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Bush Tomato Bluegum
Tactile stickers/appliqués that blind and low-vision users apply to everyday controls, dryer knobs, buttons, flat panels, so settings can be found and confirmed by feel.
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What it does
Tactile stickers/appliqués that blind and low-vision users apply to everyday controls, dryer knobs, buttons, flat panels, so settings can be found and confirmed by feel. The product converts visual-only interfaces into tactile ones: e.g., an indent or bump placed at the "light load" position on a dryer dial so the user feels the knob click past or land on the right setting. Explicitly an assistive/disability product. Lucky engaged past the seed idea: he asked for design images and multiple examples, and the transcript contains Bush Tomato Bluegum concept renders (rings for dials, strips, dots, grids).
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A hardware build for hardware building.
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