Jose Hernandez-RebollarBorn 14 Jul 1969.Mexican electrical engineer and inventor who devised the AcceleGlove (2003), a glove-like device that translates sign language into written words for deaf individuals. He obtaining his masters degree in Mexico, where he was involved in building antenna control systems for what was to become the largest telescope in the world. Then he pursued his Ph.D. degree, specializing in Signals and Systems, on a Fulbright scholarship at Georgetown University in the U.S. There, in three years, he fulfilled his long-held desire to create a way for deaf people to translate sign language into text and sound by electronic means. The AcceleGlove uses accelerometer sensors to translate a wearer's hand movements sign language into signals read by a micro-controller computer on the user's arm. By 2009, the device had the ability to translate 300 alphabet letters and words of American sign language (ASL) into spoken words and sentences, in English or Spanish.« |
