High-Tech Glove Lets You Speak With Your Hands

By JR Raphael Contributing Writer, [GAS] Watch out, Power Glove: There’s a new sensor-based item on the market, and this one has the potential to change lives. A team of computer engineering students at Carnegie Mellon University have developed a glove that can convert hand movements into spoken words. The idea is to give deaf people an easy way to use American Sign Language to communicate over the phone. Make a fist, the phone says “good morning.” Hold out two fingers and a thumb, it says