Tactile Belt Inspiration

Tactile Belt draws its inspiration from different technologies that have revolutionized the way that people interact with their environment. Some of these are:

• Compass revolutionized way of ship navigation 800 years ago
• The compass was first used in ancient China. A 4th century Chinese book consists of a magnetized pointer free to align itself with earth's magnetic field
  
• Compass provides direction to 2 natural landmarks - the North & South poles
• Using GPS can provide many potential landmarks & distal information is also made available
• Our world is very visual, traffic signs provide direction to only those that can see them
  

Touch (skin) is an interface that is under-utilized. The idea of the Tactile Belt is to use the body to convey directional information