The Royal National Institute of Blind People, or RNIB, has introduced the reimagined urine-stick test, which features an absorbent pad that is 50% larger than the average and a contrasting yellow-and-pink colour scheme to help the user distinguish between the top and bottom of the device. When urine is absorbed by the pad it triggers an internal motor to raise the first tactile bump on the underside of the device. If pregnancy hormones are detected, another set of bumps is raised on top, indicating a positive result. The device was developed to address not only blind women’s difficulty in reading a test, but the lack of privacy afforded to them when they take one, said RNIB chairwoman Eleanor Southwood. Women who are unable to read the result of a test often have to ask their partner, friend or neighbor to do so for them, meaning they are not the first to know about their own pregnancy, she said.