Re: [AI] Son's plight makes scientist create drawing kit for blind

[Avichal Bhatnagar]

where can we get this Pragya kit from?

On 6/20/16, Naresh Kumar  wrote:
> AAlthough I haven't seen the device yet the principle is quite similar
> to spurwheel and the geometry kit developed at Dehradun. Milan Das at
> NIVH had made hundreds of tectile diagrams related to physics,
> geometry etc and they were quite good also. but they were not
> mass-produced and secondly, the teachers in the blind schools are good
> for nothing. So, even if these diagrams or other devices reach the
> schools they will not make difference in the lives of my younger
> friends. Another important thing is that a blind child is not taught
> to infer from a 2 d tectile drawing: one can not recognize a glass if
> one is given a tectile image of that until s/he is trained to do so.
> Last year a yoga manual was made available in Braille and the same
> question I raised at that time also.In nutshell these are very welcome
> steps if they are used properly and we have a brigade of sensitive and
> intelligent teachers to make creative use of these.
> Cheers
> Naresh
>
> On 6/19/16, Nirmal Verma  wrote:
>> isnt this devices very old. many of us might have actually seen it.
>>
>> Nirmal
>>
>> On 19 June 2016 at 11:40, Shiv  wrote:
>>
>>> Source:
>>>
>>>
>>> http://m.timesofindia.com/city/ahmedabad/Sons-plight-makes-scientist-create-
>>> drawing-kit-for-blind/articleshow/52814274.cms
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Son's plight makes scientist create drawing kit for blind
>>>
>>> Jun 19, 2016, 12.46AM IST TNN [ Parth Shastri ]
>>>
>>> Ahmedabad: Can a blind person 'draw' like others? That question led
>>> Dilip
>>> Bhatt, a senior scientist with Isro, to create a visionary device for
>>> his
>>> son Nikunj, whose sight is impaired. Bhatt's 'Pragya,' considered to be
>>> the
>>> world's first drawing device for blind people, has won many national and
>>> international laurels.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Bhatt, who had long stints with Isro in Sriharikota and Ahmedabad,
>>> doesn't
>>> hesitate to mention that his family was apprehensive about Nikunj's
>>> future.
>>> "We learnt along with him. Blind people's world is limited to six dots
>>> of
>>> braille and I wanted to change that," Bhatt said. "With my mechanical
>>> engineering background, I started looking at ways I could teach him
>>> geography and language."
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Bhatt took a 1.5x1.5 feet wooden board and pasted velcro on it. He then
>>> designed a pen that would release woollen thread. The thread sticks to
>>> velcro, providing a tactile canvas. Once the 'drawing' is complete, the
>>> person can roll the thread back on to a spool on top of the pen. Pragya
>>> secured international patent in 2000.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Pragya, named after Bhatt's wife, is now prepared by blind people at
>>> various
>>> organisations across India and the device has been in use at schools
>>> located
>>> even in the most remote areas, as electricity isn't required for it.
>>> Bhatt
>>> has, over the years, devised simple solutions to make a blind person's
>>> life
>>> easy - ranging from a nozzle for toothpaste to cutlery which is easy to
>>> hold.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> For Nikunj, now 22, his papa is his hero. "He learnt Sanskrit to help me
>>> revise lessons for my BA course," Nikunj said. "He has never made me
>>> feel
>>> that there are things I cannot do. I trek, I ride a bicycle and also
>>> perform
>>> on stage without fear." Nikunj said his father understands his feelings
>>> even
>>> when he isn't uttering a word. "He is not just my father, he is also my
>>> best
>>> friend," he said.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Shiv
>>>
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Re: [AI] Son's plight makes scientist create drawing kit for blind

[Naresh Kumar]

AAlthough I haven't seen the device yet the principle is quite similar
to spurwheel and the geometry kit developed at Dehradun. Milan Das at
NIVH had made hundreds of tectile diagrams related to physics,
geometry etc and they were quite good also. but they were not
mass-produced and secondly, the teachers in the blind schools are good
for nothing. So, even if these diagrams or other devices reach the
schools they will not make difference in the lives of my younger
friends. Another important thing is that a blind child is not taught
to infer from a 2 d tectile drawing: one can not recognize a glass if
one is given a tectile image of that until s/he is trained to do so.
Last year a yoga manual was made available in Braille and the same
question I raised at that time also.In nutshell these are very welcome
steps if they are used properly and we have a brigade of sensitive and
intelligent teachers to make creative use of these.
Cheers
Naresh

On 6/19/16, Nirmal Verma  wrote:
> isnt this devices very old. many of us might have actually seen it.
>
> Nirmal
>
> On 19 June 2016 at 11:40, Shiv  wrote:
>
>> Source:
>>
>>
>> http://m.timesofindia.com/city/ahmedabad/Sons-plight-makes-scientist-create-
>> drawing-kit-for-blind/articleshow/52814274.cms
>>
>>
>>
>> Son's plight makes scientist create drawing kit for blind
>>
>> Jun 19, 2016, 12.46AM IST TNN [ Parth Shastri ]
>>
>> Ahmedabad: Can a blind person 'draw' like others? That question led Dilip
>> Bhatt, a senior scientist with Isro, to create a visionary device for his
>> son Nikunj, whose sight is impaired. Bhatt's 'Pragya,' considered to be
>> the
>> world's first drawing device for blind people, has won many national and
>> international laurels.
>>
>>
>>
>> Bhatt, who had long stints with Isro in Sriharikota and Ahmedabad,
>> doesn't
>> hesitate to mention that his family was apprehensive about Nikunj's
>> future.
>> "We learnt along with him. Blind people's world is limited to six dots of
>> braille and I wanted to change that," Bhatt said. "With my mechanical
>> engineering background, I started looking at ways I could teach him
>> geography and language."
>>
>>
>>
>> Bhatt took a 1.5x1.5 feet wooden board and pasted velcro on it. He then
>> designed a pen that would release woollen thread. The thread sticks to
>> velcro, providing a tactile canvas. Once the 'drawing' is complete, the
>> person can roll the thread back on to a spool on top of the pen. Pragya
>> secured international patent in 2000.
>>
>>
>>
>> Pragya, named after Bhatt's wife, is now prepared by blind people at
>> various
>> organisations across India and the device has been in use at schools
>> located
>> even in the most remote areas, as electricity isn't required for it.
>> Bhatt
>> has, over the years, devised simple solutions to make a blind person's
>> life
>> easy - ranging from a nozzle for toothpaste to cutlery which is easy to
>> hold.
>>
>>
>>
>> For Nikunj, now 22, his papa is his hero. "He learnt Sanskrit to help me
>> revise lessons for my BA course," Nikunj said. "He has never made me feel
>> that there are things I cannot do. I trek, I ride a bicycle and also
>> perform
>> on stage without fear." Nikunj said his father understands his feelings
>> even
>> when he isn't uttering a word. "He is not just my father, he is also my
>> best
>> friend," he said.
>>
>>
>>
>> Shiv
>>
>>
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Re: [AI] Son's plight makes scientist create drawing kit for blind

[Nirmal Verma]

isnt this devices very old. many of us might have actually seen it.

Nirmal

On 19 June 2016 at 11:40, Shiv  wrote:

> Source:
>
>
> http://m.timesofindia.com/city/ahmedabad/Sons-plight-makes-scientist-create-
> drawing-kit-for-blind/articleshow/52814274.cms
>
>
>
> Son's plight makes scientist create drawing kit for blind
>
> Jun 19, 2016, 12.46AM IST TNN [ Parth Shastri ]
>
> Ahmedabad: Can a blind person 'draw' like others? That question led Dilip
> Bhatt, a senior scientist with Isro, to create a visionary device for his
> son Nikunj, whose sight is impaired. Bhatt's 'Pragya,' considered to be the
> world's first drawing device for blind people, has won many national and
> international laurels.
>
>
>
> Bhatt, who had long stints with Isro in Sriharikota and Ahmedabad, doesn't
> hesitate to mention that his family was apprehensive about Nikunj's future.
> "We learnt along with him. Blind people's world is limited to six dots of
> braille and I wanted to change that," Bhatt said. "With my mechanical
> engineering background, I started looking at ways I could teach him
> geography and language."
>
>
>
> Bhatt took a 1.5x1.5 feet wooden board and pasted velcro on it. He then
> designed a pen that would release woollen thread. The thread sticks to
> velcro, providing a tactile canvas. Once the 'drawing' is complete, the
> person can roll the thread back on to a spool on top of the pen. Pragya
> secured international patent in 2000.
>
>
>
> Pragya, named after Bhatt's wife, is now prepared by blind people at
> various
> organisations across India and the device has been in use at schools
> located
> even in the most remote areas, as electricity isn't required for it. Bhatt
> has, over the years, devised simple solutions to make a blind person's life
> easy - ranging from a nozzle for toothpaste to cutlery which is easy to
> hold.
>
>
>
> For Nikunj, now 22, his papa is his hero. "He learnt Sanskrit to help me
> revise lessons for my BA course," Nikunj said. "He has never made me feel
> that there are things I cannot do. I trek, I ride a bicycle and also
> perform
> on stage without fear." Nikunj said his father understands his feelings
> even
> when he isn't uttering a word. "He is not just my father, he is also my
> best
> friend," he said.
>
>
>
> Shiv
>
>
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[AI] Son's plight makes scientist create drawing kit for blind

[Shiv]

Source:

http://m.timesofindia.com/city/ahmedabad/Sons-plight-makes-scientist-create-
drawing-kit-for-blind/articleshow/52814274.cms

 

Son's plight makes scientist create drawing kit for blind

Jun 19, 2016, 12.46AM IST TNN [ Parth Shastri ]

Ahmedabad: Can a blind person 'draw' like others? That question led Dilip
Bhatt, a senior scientist with Isro, to create a visionary device for his
son Nikunj, whose sight is impaired. Bhatt's 'Pragya,' considered to be the
world's first drawing device for blind people, has won many national and
international laurels. 

 

Bhatt, who had long stints with Isro in Sriharikota and Ahmedabad, doesn't
hesitate to mention that his family was apprehensive about Nikunj's future.
"We learnt along with him. Blind people's world is limited to six dots of
braille and I wanted to change that," Bhatt said. "With my mechanical
engineering background, I started looking at ways I could teach him
geography and language." 

 

Bhatt took a 1.5x1.5 feet wooden board and pasted velcro on it. He then
designed a pen that would release woollen thread. The thread sticks to
velcro, providing a tactile canvas. Once the 'drawing' is complete, the
person can roll the thread back on to a spool on top of the pen. Pragya
secured international patent in 2000. 

 

Pragya, named after Bhatt's wife, is now prepared by blind people at various
organisations across India and the device has been in use at schools located
even in the most remote areas, as electricity isn't required for it. Bhatt
has, over the years, devised simple solutions to make a blind person's life
easy - ranging from a nozzle for toothpaste to cutlery which is easy to
hold. 

 

For Nikunj, now 22, his papa is his hero. "He learnt Sanskrit to help me
revise lessons for my BA course," Nikunj said. "He has never made me feel
that there are things I cannot do. I trek, I ride a bicycle and also perform
on stage without fear." Nikunj said his father understands his feelings even
when he isn't uttering a word. "He is not just my father, he is also my best
friend," he said. 

 

Shiv


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