OVO » deaf http://ovo127.com New works in the public domain since 1987. Thu, 17 May 2012 05:26:38 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Breaking Sound Barriers — Electrical Engineers Develop Glove That Translates Sign Language http://ovo127.com/2009/08/06/breaking-sound-barriers-electrical-engineers-develop-glove-that-translates-sign-language/ http://ovo127.com/2009/08/06/breaking-sound-barriers-electrical-engineers-develop-glove-that-translates-sign-language/#comments Wed, 05 Aug 2009 18:30:51 +0000 admin http://ovo127.com/2009/08/06/breaking-sound-barriers-electrical-engineers-develop-glove-that-translates-sign-language/ A new high-tech glove enables the translation of sign language into written text, facilitating communication for the hearing or speech impaired

Breaking Sound Barriers — Electrical Engineers Develop Glove That Translates Sign Language

]]> http://ovo127.com/2009/08/06/breaking-sound-barriers-electrical-engineers-develop-glove-that-translates-sign-language/feed/ 0 Computer learns sign language by watching TV – tech – 08 July 2009 – New Scientist http://ovo127.com/2009/07/11/computer-learns-sign-language-by-watching-tv-tech-08-july-2009-new-scientist/ http://ovo127.com/2009/07/11/computer-learns-sign-language-by-watching-tv-tech-08-july-2009-new-scientist/#comments Fri, 10 Jul 2009 21:50:18 +0000 admin http://ovo127.com/2009/07/11/computer-learns-sign-language-by-watching-tv-tech-08-july-2009-new-scientist/ Software developed in the UK has worked out the basics of sign language by absorbing TV shows that are both subtitled and signed. [Here's one of the reasons my job is doomed.]

Computer learns sign language by watching TV – tech – 08 July 2009 – New Scientist

]]> http://ovo127.com/2009/07/11/computer-learns-sign-language-by-watching-tv-tech-08-july-2009-new-scientist/feed/ 0 BBC – Ouch! (disability) – Features – The best sign language videos on the web http://ovo127.com/2009/07/04/bbc-ouch-disability-features-the-best-sign-language-videos-on-the-web/ http://ovo127.com/2009/07/04/bbc-ouch-disability-features-the-best-sign-language-videos-on-the-web/#comments Sat, 04 Jul 2009 03:27:34 +0000 admin http://ovo127.com/2009/07/04/bbc-ouch-disability-features-the-best-sign-language-videos-on-the-web/ Agreed.

BBC – Ouch! (disability) – Features – The best sign language videos on the web

]]> http://ovo127.com/2009/07/04/bbc-ouch-disability-features-the-best-sign-language-videos-on-the-web/feed/ 0 Deaf People and World War II | MetaFilter http://ovo127.com/2009/06/08/deaf-people-and-world-war-ii-metafilter/ http://ovo127.com/2009/06/08/deaf-people-and-world-war-ii-metafilter/#comments Mon, 08 Jun 2009 04:58:58 +0000 admin http://ovo127.com/2009/06/08/deaf-people-and-world-war-ii-metafilter/ Deaf People and World War II is an NTID project collecting videos, books, articles, links, etc., about the experiences of deaf Europeans, Asians, and North Americans during the war.

Deaf People and World War II | MetaFilter

]]> http://ovo127.com/2009/06/08/deaf-people-and-world-war-ii-metafilter/feed/ 0 Dumb Woman's Lane on Flickr – Photo Sharing! http://ovo127.com/2009/06/04/dumb-womans-lane-on-flickr-photo-sharing/ http://ovo127.com/2009/06/04/dumb-womans-lane-on-flickr-photo-sharing/#comments Thu, 04 Jun 2009 13:51:10 +0000 admin http://ovo127.com/2009/06/04/dumb-womans-lane-on-flickr-photo-sharing/ Dumb Woman’s Lane on Flickr – Photo Sharing!

]]> http://ovo127.com/2009/06/04/dumb-womans-lane-on-flickr-photo-sharing/feed/ 0 Exact Replication Of Facial Expressions Challenge Assumptions About Human Behavior http://ovo127.com/2009/06/02/exact-replication-of-facial-expressions-challenge-assumptions-about-human-behavior/ http://ovo127.com/2009/06/02/exact-replication-of-facial-expressions-challenge-assumptions-about-human-behavior/#comments Tue, 02 Jun 2009 00:44:18 +0000 admin http://ovo127.com/2009/06/02/exact-replication-of-facial-expressions-challenge-assumptions-about-human-behavior/ a new way of cloning facial expressions during live conversations to help us better understand what influences our behaviour when we communicate with others.

Exact Replication Of Facial Expressions Challenge Assumptions About Human Behavior

]]> http://ovo127.com/2009/06/02/exact-replication-of-facial-expressions-challenge-assumptions-about-human-behavior/feed/ 0 Exposure To Two Languages Carries Far-reaching Benefits http://ovo127.com/2009/05/21/exposure-to-two-languages-carries-far-reaching-benefits/ http://ovo127.com/2009/05/21/exposure-to-two-languages-carries-far-reaching-benefits/#comments Thu, 21 May 2009 00:20:45 +0000 admin http://ovo127.com/2009/05/21/exposure-to-two-languages-carries-far-reaching-benefits/ People who can speak two languages are more adept at learning a new foreign language than their monolingual counterparts

Exposure To Two Languages Carries Far-reaching Benefits

]]> http://ovo127.com/2009/05/21/exposure-to-two-languages-carries-far-reaching-benefits/feed/ 0 With a wave of the hand: Scientific American http://ovo127.com/2009/05/19/with-a-wave-of-the-hand-scientific-american/ http://ovo127.com/2009/05/19/with-a-wave-of-the-hand-scientific-american/#comments Tue, 19 May 2009 16:13:58 +0000 admin http://ovo127.com/2009/05/19/with-a-wave-of-the-hand-scientific-american/ Many scientists now think that gestures can help the person making them — that moving your hands can help you think.

With a wave of the hand: Scientific American

]]> http://ovo127.com/2009/05/19/with-a-wave-of-the-hand-scientific-american/feed/ 0 Low Cost, Dexterous Robotic Hand Operated By Compressed Air http://ovo127.com/2009/05/07/low-cost-dexterous-robotic-hand-operated-by-compressed-air/ http://ovo127.com/2009/05/07/low-cost-dexterous-robotic-hand-operated-by-compressed-air/#comments Thu, 07 May 2009 14:29:38 +0000 admin http://ovo127.com/2009/05/07/low-cost-dexterous-robotic-hand-operated-by-compressed-air/ The fully articulated robotic hand RAPHaEL (Robotic Air Powered Hand with Elastic Ligaments) can firmly hold objects as heavy as a can of food or as delicate as a raw egg. It also is dexterous enough to gesture for sign language.

Low Cost, Dexterous Robotic Hand Operated By Compressed Air

]]> http://ovo127.com/2009/05/07/low-cost-dexterous-robotic-hand-operated-by-compressed-air/feed/ 0 How Human Ear Translates Vibrations Into Sounds: Discovery Of Ion Channel Turns Ear On Its Head http://ovo127.com/2009/04/28/how-human-ear-translates-vibrations-into-sounds-discovery-of-ion-channel-turns-ear-on-its-head/ http://ovo127.com/2009/04/28/how-human-ear-translates-vibrations-into-sounds-discovery-of-ion-channel-turns-ear-on-its-head/#comments Mon, 27 Apr 2009 23:21:40 +0000 admin http://ovo127.com/2009/04/28/how-human-ear-translates-vibrations-into-sounds-discovery-of-ion-channel-turns-ear-on-its-head/ the ion channels responsible for hearing aren’t located where scientists previously thought.

How Human Ear Translates Vibrations Into Sounds: Discovery Of Ion Channel Turns Ear On Its Head

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