Engineering
It's dark on the backroad as a motorist speeds toward the intersection. Up ahead, the stop sign blends with the night and in seconds a deadly crash occurs. According to the U.S. Department of Transportation, more than half ...
Mar 6, 2019
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Hi Tech & Innovation
Opportunities once distant to the hard-of-hearing community will become a reality with a breakthrough sign language translator. Engineers from Michigan State University developed and patented a technology that – unlike ...
Feb 15, 2019
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Engineering
By zeroing in on humans' gait, body symmetry and foot placement, University of Michigan researchers are teaching self-driving cars to recognize and predict pedestrian movements with greater precision than current technologies.
Feb 12, 2019
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Machine learning & AI
Sign languages aren't easy to learn and are even harder to teach. They use not just hand gestures but also mouthings, facial expressions and body posture to communicate meaning. This complexity means professional teaching ...
Jan 17, 2019
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Software
A team of researchers and engineers at Huawei AI has come up with a unique way to help deaf children learn to read sign language—by using AI and augmented reality to interpret printed books. They have also hit on a way ...
Consumer & Gadgets
Abhishek Singh asks a simple question: If voice is the future of computing what about those who cannot hear? Alexa is all ears for the deaf community thanks to an app prototype that will no doubt draw some interest and inspiration.
Engineering
New technology created by a team of Georgia Tech researchers could make controlling text or other mobile applications as simple as "1-2-3."
May 14, 2018
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Engineering
(Tech Xplore)—A pair of researchers at Cornell University has developed a new way to monitor vital signs in patients—one that does not require direct contact with the skin. In their paper published in the journal Nature ...
Robotics
"Is there a sign language person in the house?" Coming up empty for lack of interpreters available is a situation that drew the interest of engineering student at University of Antwerp. What if they could apply what they ...
Engineering
Picture a tablet that you can fold into the size of a phone and put away in your pocket, or an artificial skin that can sense your body's movements and vital signs. A new, inexpensive sensor developed at the University of ...
Mar 15, 2017
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