Yahoo! Japan recently introduced the world’s first hands on search, where they allowed visually impaired children in Tokyo to search with their hands.
A voice activated vending machine was set up which recognised the children’s verbal search. The machine was also connected to a 3D printer which recreated the objects the children searched for. This was the first time visually impaired children were able to touch what they could not see i.e. from giraffes to horses to skyscrapers.