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Article: WEARABLE COMPUTERS COME ONE STEP CLOSER.
- Article from:
- Computergram International
- Article date:
- March 1, 1999
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Researchers at Stanford University are developing a system for entering data into a computer using a special glove and a hand- signal language that could bring wearable computers one step closer. New Scientist magazine has reported that Vaughan Pratt, who heads research into wearable computers at Stanford, has developed a one-handed sign language called 'thumb-code' that works by touching and grouping fingers in different ways. The language enables 96 different combinations, allowing for the representation of upper and lower case letters, ...