Touching the stars: improving NASA 3D printed data sets with blind and visually impaired audiences

被引：15

作者：

Arcand, Kimberly Kowal ^{[1
]}

Jubett, April ^{[1
]}

Watzke, Megan ^{[1
]}

Price, Sara ^{[1
]}

Williamson, Kelly T. S. ^{[1
]}

Edmonds, Peter ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Smithsonian Astrophys Observ, NASAs Chandra Xray Observ, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA

来源：

JCOM-JOURNAL OF SCIENCE COMMUNICATION | 2019年 / 18卷 / 04期

关键词：

Professionalism; professional development and training in science communication; Public engagement with science and technology; Science communication: theory and models; UNIVERSE; STUDENTS; SCIENCE;

D O I：

10.22323/2.18040201

中图分类号：

G2 [信息与知识传播];

学科分类号：

05 ; 0503 ;

摘要：

Astronomy has been an inherently visual area of science for millenia, yet a majority of its significant discoveries take place in wavelengths beyond human vision. There are many people, including those with low or no vision, who cannot participate fully in such discoveries if visual media is the primary communication mechanism. Numerous efforts have worked to address equity of accessibility to such knowledge sharing, such as through the creation of three-dimensional (3D) printed data sets. This paper describes progress made through technological and programmatic developments in tactile 3D models using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory to improve access to data.

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