Wow,
The USA must be slipping, India beat us to creating the worlds first smartphone for the blind. The surface of the device uses shape memory technology and raises to form into text, pictures and braille. Ok this has to be the coolest thing i have ever heard of.
Read the whole story here:
http://paritynews.com/mobile-telco/item/1005-braille-display-based-phone-invented-in-india
Here are some pictures
