Through these vibrations, it is possible to understand any foreign language. The HART team plans to present its application tomorrow (Friday) to a number of fellow students on the campus of TU/e.
It is thought that this is the first time that a sleeve with vibrating motors has been used for communication. The students have developed a 'vibratory language' based on the 39 different sounds of the English language.
The sleeve works with a computer programme that converts written text into English and then into sound units, which in turn are converted into vibrations. Each sound has its own vibration. The vibrations that a user feels on his or her arm through the sleeve, together form words and sentences.
Team member Lisa Overdevest, an Industrial Engineering student (pictured below), learned to interpret the self-designed vibration language in one month by practising for an hour every two days. As a result, she is now able to understand someone through...