The Language of Glove: Wireless gesture decoder with low-power and stretchable hybrid electronics

Publishing date: 2017-07-12

Published on: PLOS ONE

summary: This interesting paper shows that with $100 it is possible to construct a glove that uses include the ability to detect and translate sign language as well as to control a prosthetic hand. This opens up a plethora of applications, such as telesurgery, controlling remote robots as well as interacting in virtual reality.

authors: Timothy F. O’Connor, Matthew E. Fach, Rachel Miller, Samuel E. Root, Patrick P. Mercier, Darren J. Lipomi

link to paper: 10.1371/journal.pone.0179766

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