Links to work on Spatial Cognition, HCI & Tactile Media

Spatial Cognition

• Spatial Intelligence and Learning Center (SILC) 
• "Spatial Cognition" trans-regional research group at Bremen University
• "Spatial Cognition and Wayfinding" lab at Bournemouth University
• Center for Spatial Studies, University of California
• "Spatial Thinking" lab at the University of California

Human Factors in Spatial Cognition

• "Human Factors in GIScience" Lab, Penn State University
• Computer Science and Media, Bauhaus Universität Weimar 

Tactile Media/Maps

• Arbeitsgruppe Studium für Blinde und Sehbehinderte & Professur HCI, Universität Dresden
• Computer-controlled, refreshable tactile displays: 
• with piezo-electric, descrete dots: HyperBraille (demo video)
• with dielectric elastomer, decrete dots (paper1, paper2, paper3)
• HaptiMap EU project 
• Open Street Map for the blind project (published HaptoRenderer) - some output printed with a  graphical embosser (pictures only)

Commercial Projects

• Tactile Maps by Intouch Graphics
• Map for all at RNBI
• Tactile Maps by Perkins Scout 

More links at The Blind Readers' Page