October 19, 2005

Follow the yellow nubbly road!-- Media Technology --

Osaka has great infrastructure for helping the blind find their way. Not only is the city covered in these yellow bumpy paths you can follow with a cane or your foot (with differently shaped bumps at intersections so you can tell where to turn), but they've also got braille signs in all the subway stairwells explaining where this passage leads. The best part is how they put the braille in the best possible place for it to be found just by feeling around: wrapped around the handrail itself.

Osaka path for the blind Osaka braille railing Posted by bug to Media Technology at October 19, 2005 4:48 PM | TrackBack
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