If you see someone wearing gloves indoors do not assume their hands are just cold; they might be using the AcceleGlove. It is not just a regular glove; it contains sensors that allow you to control any computer application or device by simply moving your hand. Jose Hernandez (inventor) is a part of the Disabilities Research and Training (IDRT) and who funded it all was the National Science Foundation.
The AcceleGlove is a combination of camera and PC into one. It can be used for silent communications, robot control, medical rehabilitation, telemedicine, training, gaming, and virtual realities. The glove needs only a 6’ USB cable and Java API with JRE 5 version or higher installed. Running of your Operating System of choice is no big deal with the JAVA virtual machine. Having either Vista, Windows XP Operating systems, Mac OS or Linux platforms is a non-issue.
The non-traditional glove uses the Visulaizer software as a communication tool between the device and host platform. There are pre-defined gestures already programmed, but you do not have to use those since you can personalize your own gestures. Do not worry about losing the already pre-defined gestures since it supports multiple active gesture libraries. Also, you can combine gesture libraries into one allowing the AcceleGlove to recognize all.
It is not a shock that, in addition to gesture control, the glove system can recognize American Sign Language (ASL). The packed software for this feature, AcceleSpell, can already translate over 35,000 words/phrases into text and speech. Although this is fantastic for those who need it, losing the glove will ultimately be key. If a high-resolution Microsoft Kinect like device was paired with AcceleSpell, a no strings attached, natural, HMI for ASL would then follow. That will be a great day.
AcceleGlove was shown off at CES 2012.
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