CNET's Kara Tsuboi talked to Ryan Hait-Campbell, CEO of San Francisco-based start up MotionSavvy, which created Uni, a tablet case embedded with motion-sensing technology that captures sign language ...

Like many young people in Singapore and elsewhere, 25-year-old Quek Kai Yu sometimes finds it difficult to communicate with his parents. But in his case, the generation gap isn't always to blame. Quek ...

Some 500,000 Americans use American Sign Language (ASL). For deaf users of ASL, communication with those not fluent in the language can be a challenge. Though most deaf-born Americans learn spoken ...

Researchers at UCLA have developed an inexpensive, high-tech glove that can translate sign language into written and spoken words on a smartphone (via Fast Company). The system works in real time and ...

UCLA bioengineers have designed a glove-like device that can translate American Sign Language into English speech in real time though a smartphone app. Their research is published in the journal ...

Sign language is used by millions of people around the world, but unlike Spanish, Mandarin or even Latin, there’s no automatic translation available for those who can’t use it. SLAIT claims the first ...

Translating is difficult work, the more so the further two languages are from one another. French to Spanish? Not a problem. Ancient Greek to Esperanto? Considerably harder. But sign language is a ...

Researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles, have developed a wearable device, resembling something approaching the Nintendo Power Glove, that’s able to translate American Sign Language ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. American Sign Language (ASL) has long enabled real-time ...

While most college undergraduates are spending their free periods on Facebook, two remarkable students have used their spare time to pioneer an invention that may change the very way we communicate.