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China’s soft bending sensor helps robot hands track finger position

Chinese researchers have developed an omnidirectional soft bending sensor designed to be embedded in each finger of a ...

A New Implant Aims to Rewire the Brain to Help Stroke Patients

Epia Neuro’s brain-computer interface will include a motorized glove to help stroke patients recover movement in their hand.
The Robot Report

Sanctuary AI’s robotic hand demonstrates zero-shot in-hand manipulation

Sanctuary AI said the robotic hand and AI system achieves the target orientation 10 times in a row without dropping the cube.
Circuit Digest

Hand Gesture Control Robot Using OpenCV

Gesture control robotics replaces traditional buttons and joysticks with natural hand movements. This approach improves user ...
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

MASTER CLASS: Joint flexibility and range of motion go hand-in-hand

Range of motion is not a complicated concept to understand, as most people have a general familiarity with flexibility and joint functionality. But few have a clear grasp on the risk factors ...
IEEE

Unsupervised Hand Tracking for Sign Language Recognition via Optical Flow and Previous Tracking Data

Abstract: Accurate hand tracking is a fundamental requirement for sign language recognition and human computer interaction. However, reliable tracking remains challenging due to the high degrees of ...
Everyday Health

Not All Hand Sanitizers Are Created Equal — Here Are the Ones We’d Actually Use

Everyday Health independently vets all recommended products. If you purchase a featured product, we may be compensated. Learn why you can trust us. Everyday Health independently vets all recommended ...
Gizmodo

Surveillance With a Smile: Burger King Will Use AI to Track If Employees Say ‘Please’ and ‘Thank You’

Burger King is rolling out a new AI-powered management platform in its restaurants that keeps an eye on everything — and we mean everything — from when menu items are running low to complaints about ...
The New York Times

Police Officer Accused of Tracking Partner Using License Plate Reader

The Milwaukee officer used the technology to run searches on his partner’s plate 124 times, officials said, and he also tracked the person’s ex. By Hannah Ziegler A Milwaukee police officer was ...
Road to VR

‘Evangelion’ VR Game Will Primarily Use Hand-tracking, Increasing Ease-of-use at Cost of Interaction Fidelity

At the Neon Genesis Evangelion 30th Anniversary event in Tokyo this weekend, Pixelity showed off its upcoming XR game EVANGELION: Δ CROSS REFLECTIONS, revealing it’s going all-in on hand-tracking. On ...
Cleveland.com

Rep. Shontel Brown demands DHS explain surveillance tools that ICE can use to track cellphones

WASHINGTON - U.S. Rep. Shontel Brown of Warrensville Heights is demanding a briefing from Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s ...
Mashable

Ring cameras may plan to track people using AI, according to leaked emails

Ring was the subject of significant backlash earlier this month, after a poorly received Super Bowl ad drew attention to its surveillance cameras' AI-powered Search Party feature. Though advertised as ...