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ASM member helps to make Braille displays more affordable. (ASM News).

Advanced Materials & Processes,  October, 2002  

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Development of a MEMS-based Braille display system may help the thousands of blind people unable to access information via computer. By packaging an existing technology, electrostatically actuated MEMS micro-valves, in anew, more compact way, Orbital Research Inc. expects to lower the price of a Braille display from today's $125 to $250-per-cell cost to somewhere around $5 to $10 per cell, according to Dr.

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Frederick J. Lisy, FASM, corporate vice president of Cleveland-based Orbital. A cell is the equivalent of one character, letter or number. At the same time, the company expects ...

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