Sign language is a language you express by using your hands and face instead of spoken words. It’s most commonly used by people in the Deaf community. How many types of sign language are there? There ...

Mohamed Baghdady leans to the microphone and says the word "one." A lone mechanical finger on the table responds with a curl, then rises upright. At another table in The Citadel engineering lab, a ...

HOLMDEL — Three local high school students have captured worldwide recognition for their invention: A robot that uses AI to read American Sign Language and play corresponding piano keys. “We wanted to ...

We had an idea for a series of “Burma Shave” type election signs. (Parents and grandparents can explain what those were.) Alas we were unable to get them made in time, so we thought we’d submit them ...

A new AI-powered system from Florida Atlantic University combines deep learning with precise hand-tracking to recognize American Sign Language letters in real time—bringing scalable, low-cost ...

An illustration of scientist signing the word science The American Sign Language sign for ‘science’ is two closed fists with thumbs angled down, and each hand moves in small circles in opposite ...

Vows of silence and humanist beliefs led European clerics to create new communication methods for the deaf 500 years ago. Charles-Michel de L'Épée teaching the hearing impaired in his Paris institute.