# Wearable tech that helps you navigate by touch

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED Residency
- Speaker: Keith Kirkland
- Year: 2018
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Art, architecture and design
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/keith_kirkland_wearable_tech_that_helps_you_navigate_by_touch)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Keith Kirkland is developing wearable tech that communicates information using only the sense of touch. He's trying to figure out: What gestures and vibration patterns could intuitively communicate ideas like "stop" or "go"? Check out his team's first product, a navigation device for the blind and visually impaired, and learn more about the entirely new "haptic language" he's creating to power it.

## Lectures

1. [Wearable tech that helps you navigate by touch](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/keith_kirkland_wearable_tech_that_helps_you_navigate_by_touch/f69463aac29e), 7 min (TED's player)