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PEOPLE who are visually impaired miss out at firework displays. But a new prototype system lets them sense the explosions via touch.

Feeling Fireworks, created by Paul Beardsley of Disney Research in Zurich, Switzerland, and his colleagues, relies on five jets that fire patterns of water at the back of a large screen on which users place their hands. The resulting vibrations mimic expanding dots of light.

There are preset patterns for the best-known fireworks. With Catherine wheels, for example, vibrations move in a spiral. The team hopes the system, which was demonstrated at a summit in Quebec last month, could eventually be synchronised with an event鈥檚 main firework display.

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