NewHaptics

NewHaptics is a private assistive technology company developing tactile display systems that enable blind and visually impaired users to access digital information through refreshable braille and tactile graphics. The company emerged from University of Michigan research and uses a patented microfluidic, air-driven braille actuation approach designed to reduce cost while supporting multiline and full-page tactile displays. Its core commercial product effort is Codex, a multiline braille display intended to expand access to digital text, math, graphs, maps, and other spatial content. NewHaptics has been supported by NSF and NIH SBIR funding and has also raised venture financing to support commercialization. The company sits at the intersection of medtech, accessibility, and digital health rather than traditional therapeutics.