'Talking' gloves
Due to a couple of facts - such as Arduino practice and the lesson you had recently on disabled-oriented design I'd like to bring your attention to the following article:
http://www.popmech.ru/article/11294-govoryaschie-perchatki/
As it is in russian, I'll briefly outline the article: a couple of the students from Donetsk, Ukraine have just earned the Microsoft Imagine Cup by combinig a couple of gloves, gyro and some electronics into a device that recognises the sign language and transforms movement of hands into the digital-synthesised speech, thus removing the margin between the mute and the usual people who as a rule do not understand it.
In my opinion, this is an outsanding example that perfectly fits our current studies - and something worth thinking over.
Here is a link to the site of the project development team:
http://enabletalk.com/
http://www.popmech.ru/article/11294-govoryaschie-perchatki/
As it is in russian, I'll briefly outline the article: a couple of the students from Donetsk, Ukraine have just earned the Microsoft Imagine Cup by combinig a couple of gloves, gyro and some electronics into a device that recognises the sign language and transforms movement of hands into the digital-synthesised speech, thus removing the margin between the mute and the usual people who as a rule do not understand it.
In my opinion, this is an outsanding example that perfectly fits our current studies - and something worth thinking over.
Here is a link to the site of the project development team:
http://enabletalk.com/
This projest demands a lot of improvements.
ОтветитьУдалитьIt definitely has to be lighter and more compact in general, but as a concept it is brilliant.
Great example when physical problem is solved together with cultural.