American Foundation for the Blind York City headquarters. Louis Braille was the Frenchman who invented the raised dot code that bears his name. On January 4, 2009, the 200th anniversary of his birth, AFB created an online gallery that includes pictures of him and digitized books and articles. AFB's main headquarters is in Arlington, Virginia. Other offices include New York City; Dallas, Texas; and Huntington, West Virginia. In 2012, AFB added VisionAware to its family of sites in partnership with the "Reader's Digest" Partners for Sight Foundation. The site folded in content from AFB's Senior Site, with new information and resources for adults of all
Polka-dot paint Polka-dot paint Polka dot paint is a paint which produces a polka dot pattern. The paint is traditionally an impossible object, and the subject of a fool's errand prank played upon apprentices in the decoration or construction trade, who are sent to obtain a bucket of polka-dot paint. A polka-dot paint effect has been produced in stage magic, and in the 1950s a polychromatic paint was invented which produced a dotted effect when dry. In the United States several magicians invented a trick in which they demonstrating painting with polka-dot paint. Prior to the performance, an object is pre-painted in