Recently, Lego unveiled a prototype of new “Braille bricks” at the Sustainable Brands Conference in Paris.
Legos have six raised dots made out of plastic. Likewise, the Braille alphabet is made of different configurations of up to six raised dots in a 3-by-2 formation punched into paper.
According to the press release, the idea for the bricks was first raised by the Danish Association of the Blind in 2011 and the Dorina Nowill Foundation for the Blind in Brazil, which created its own version of Braille Bricks in 2017. Working with associations for the blind in the UK, Denmark, Norway and Brazil, Lego refined and began testing the concept earlier this year.