[psathvik]

To elaborate further, the prototype is a glove that people can wear, and when they move their hand around, an arduino onboard detects that and turns on a small vibrator-motor on the glove when their hand is at a position where an imaginary object is supposed to be, allowing them to get an understanding of what the object might be shaped like.

For example if we have the computer simulate the shape of a square, the glove-wearer would feel a vibration on their hand as they move it along it's imagined boundaries, allowing them to get a sense of it's shape.

Blind students and blind people in general have a tough time visualizing, understanding and using images, but with the help of this smart-glove, we can give them a sense of what things in the image might be shaped like, enabling them to better use that information.