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Three-Dimensional Models of Earth for Tactile Learning

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Computers Helping People with Special Needs (ICCHP 2016)

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Three-Dimensional (3D) tactile models of Earth were constructed for the visually impaired. We utilized exact topography data obtained by planetary explorations. Therefore, 3D models of Earth by additive manufacturing possess exact shape of relief on their spherical surfaces. Several improvements were given to models to suit tactile learning. Experimental results showed that the Earth models developed in this study by additive manufacturing were useful for tactile learning of the globe of the visually impaired.

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Acknowledgements

This work was partially supported by Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A) (18200049) of Japan Society for the Promotion of Science(JSPS).

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  1. Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering, Chiba Institute of Technology, 2-17-1 Tsudanuma, Narashino, Chiba, 275-0016, Japan

    Yoshinori Teshima, Yasunari Watanabe, Yohsuke Hosoya & Kazuma Sakai

  2. National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), 1-1-1 Higashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8566, Japan

    Tsukasa Nakano & Akiko Tanaka

  3. Special Needs Education School for the Visually Impaired, University of Tsukuba, 3-27-6 Mejirodai, Bunkyo, Tokyo, 112-0015, Japan

    Toshiaki Aomatsu & Tatsuyoshi Tanji

  4. Advanced Manufacturing Team, RIKEN Advanced Science Institute, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama, 351-0198, Japan

    Kenji Yamazawa & Yuji Ikegami

  5. Universal Design Laboratory for Testing and Education, 3-9-2-611 Hikarigaoka, Nerima, Tokyo, 179-0072, Japan

    Mamoru Fujiyoshi

  6. National Institute of Special Needs Education, 5-1-1 Nobi, Yokosuka, Kanagawa, 239-8585, Japan

    Susumu Oouchi & Takeshi Kaneko

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  1. Yoshinori Teshima
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Correspondence to Yoshinori Teshima .

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  1. Institute Integriert Studieren, Universität Linz, Linz, Austria

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  2. Rehabilitationswissenschaften, Technische Universität Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany

    Christian Bühler

  3. Masaryk University , Brno, Czech Republic

    Petr Penaz

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Teshima, Y. et al. (2016). Three-Dimensional Models of Earth for Tactile Learning. In: Miesenberger, K., Bühler, C., Penaz, P. (eds) Computers Helping People with Special Needs. ICCHP 2016. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 9759. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-41267-2_16

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