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posted by on Wednesday April 26 2017, @01:38PM   Printer-friendly
from the no-haptic-feedback dept.

BrightSignGlove [Tumblr warning: script heavy and next to zero text] is a student project which recognises sign language and converts it into text. Users familiar with sign language [American Sign Language?] are able to capture large quantities of text and optionally output text to a large format display or a short message system - many of which are popular with deaf users. Custom gestures can be used to manage messages and it is conceivable that gestures could be used with home automation. This would be of particular benefit to users with mobility problems.

[Ed. Note: An older text article with a description of the glove and what it does. Seems very useful.]


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  • (Score: 3, Interesting) by inertnet on Wednesday April 26 2017, @03:59PM (1 child)

    by inertnet (4071) on Wednesday April 26 2017, @03:59PM (#500118) Journal

    Military hand signals are outdated already. They now wear a vest that can silently buzz those signals.

    On a different but related subject, I'm surprised they still don't have a microphone mesh network (at least 1 mic per soldier and/or drone/bot) that can determine the exact location of ambient sounds (like enemy fire, vehicles or drones).

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  • (Score: 2) by VLM on Wednesday April 26 2017, @05:25PM

    by VLM (445) on Wednesday April 26 2017, @05:25PM (#500180)

    I'm unfamiliar with the vest, but familiar with boomerang

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boomerang_(countermeasure) [wikipedia.org]