> Blind people can hear April's total solar eclipse with new technology
Blind people can hear April's total solar eclipse with new technology
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While eclipse watchers look to the skies, people who are blind or visually impaired will be able to hear and feel the celestial event. Devices that can translate the eclipse on sound and touch devices will be available at public gatherings on April 8 when a total solar eclipse crosses North America. An astronomer who is blind collaborated with a Harvard astronomer to design the LightSound box, which translates changing light in the sky into differing musical notes. Another device allows users to feel the eclipse through rows of dots that move up and down.