Miyake, a Japanese inventor, invented the system of blocks after learning a friend’s vision was becoming impaired. They were first introduced on a street near the Okayama School for the Blind in ...

Monday's Google Doodle is celebrating the work of Japanese inventor Seiichi Miyake. Miyake's tactile blocks, or "Tenji blocks" as they were originally called, are the raised bumps and bars on ...

Google is honoring Japanese inventor Seichii Miyake, whose tactile blocks invention “drastically improved the way those who are visually impaired navigate public spaces around the globe." ...

Normal sidewalks, for example, just don't quite cut it for the blind, which is why we have tactile blocks. Tacticle blocks, or tenji blocks as they were originally known, originate in Japan with ...

Tactile blocks invented by Seiichi Miyake hep the visually impaired to navigate public spaces. Thanasus/Getty Images. CNN — Most people probably don’t give a second thought to the yellow, ...

Monday's Google Doodle is celebrating the work of Japanese inventor Seiichi Miyake. Miyake's tactile blocks, or "Tenji blocks" as they were originally called, are the raised bumps and bars on ...

Miyake, a Japanese inventor, invented the system of blocks after learning a friend’s vision was becoming impaired. They were first introduced on a street near the Okayama School for the Blind in ...

Miyake, a Japanese inventor, invented the system of blocks after learning a friend’s vision was becoming impaired. They were first introduced on a street near the Okayama School for the Blind in ...