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National Institute of Design Paldi 380007

Ahmadabad, Gujrat India

Suraj Patel

link: https://www.behance.net/gallery/17050715/TAQ

Taq is a tactile wrist watch meant for everyone including visually impaired. Instead of minute and hour hand Taq offers a tactile surface / disk to tell the time , so user can know the time without looking at it. Taq uses electromagnets, to avoid errors created by touching the surface. it activates one electromagnet at a time which then attracts the magnetic pointer connected to the minute and hour disk and keeps them in place. The magnetic ferrous pointers can also be used to change the time. Taq is designed to be very cheaper to produce, Rs 300-Rs 500($5-$10).

Taq has a built in wireless receiver and microcontroller which allows it to be controlled by any Smartphone, so Taq can connect to GPS, and use the watch’s dial to show directions and/or some other information like speed of a system. The magnetic ferrous pointers of the dial helps the dial to be used as an input device for the connected device, as every time they move they create a small charge in the Cu wires.

link: :http//www.coroflot.com/surajpatel/taq

few other project: Taq http://vimeo.com/85365456 HoloGraphic Projection Mapping https://vimeo.com/84654693 sketchbook pro https://vimeo.com/84654545 v watch https://vimeo.com/72032552 fogy https://vimeo.com/60029733 insert coin https://vimeo.com/84653939

portfolio link: http://www.coroflot.com/surajpatel https://www.behance.net/K-suraj