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A developer of 鈥榗ool ideas鈥� for blind people gets MacArthur 鈥榞enius grant鈥�
David Clark Scott
Dr. Joshua Miele lost his eyesight at age 4. But as an adult, he鈥檚 been finding ways to help blind and visually impaired people perceive the world through touch and sound.
On Tuesday, Dr. Miele was among the 25 people, including artists, poets, historians, and scientists, , the annual 鈥済enius grant.鈥�
Dr. Miele has been a pioneer in designing and adapting tech to make the world more accessible. 鈥淚 come up with ,鈥� he told KQED radio in San Francisco in 2011.聽
What kinds of cool ideas? He鈥檚 leveraged the power of a smartphone, Bluetooth, and tiny accelerometers to build the wireless a pair of high-tech gloves that turn any surface into a Braille keyboard.聽
He also developed a web-based program that generates tactile street maps of any location, and they can be printed on paper at home with a Braille embosser.
Now a researcher at Amazon Lab126, Dr. Miele helped create the 鈥渟how and tell鈥� feature on Amazon Echo devices. Hold up a food product in front of the Echo camera and ask Alexa to identify it.
鈥淎s we emerge from the shadows of the past two years, this class of 25 Fellows helps us reimagine what鈥檚 possible,鈥� MacArthur Fellows managing director Cecilia Conrad said in a statement. 鈥�.鈥�
Dr. Miele has spent most of his lifetime defying limitations. Now he鈥檚 getting some recognition 鈥� and a bunch of cash 鈥� to fuel his creative juices.
