Experts Study New Sign Language System
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A new system of sign language developed by deaf children in Nicaragua may hold clues about the evolution of languages. When the country&#39;s first school for the deaf was established
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NEW YORK  - A new approach that permits   wider visual perception in patients with severely restricted   peripheral field allows quicker and more accurate ability to   detect objects outside their field of vision, suggest results   of a pilot study.
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An electronic &quot;artificial eye&quot;, developed for people with impaired vision, has been shown to reliably identify pedestrian crossings, determine when it is safe to walk across and even measure the width of a road.
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MIT researchers develop an authentication system that's not so easily revealed to prying eyes.
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A team of US researchers has shown that controlling devices with the brain is a step closer. Four people, two of them partly paralysed wheelchair users, successfully moved a computer cursor while wearing a cap with 64 electrodes.
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Researchers are working out the rules for a future code of social behaviour in human-robot interaction.
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Children&#39;s brains are hard-wired to learn languages and, in some cases, to improve upon them. That&#39;s the conclusion of a new study that followed several generations of
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Experts in a field can benefit from an outsiderâs perspective.
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Using new technology, injured or disabled workers can talk their way to productivity.
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Using modified voice-recognition software, researchers from several universities and Disney's Animal Kingdom are trying to learn how to "talk" like animals.
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HANOVER - A five-week American Sign Language course will be offered at the Cardinal Cushing School in Hanover on Tuesday evenings, starting June 5.  This beginner level class, from 6 to 8 p.m., teaches the fundamentals of sign language with an emphasis on cultural content.
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New software synchronizes Research In Motion devices with Mac OS X.
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The way children learn may determine the building blocks of language, suggests a study of deaf Nicaraguan children. Ann Senghas of New York&#39;s Columbia University, US, and colleagues studied three generations
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Magnification software to help visually impaired people use mobiles has been developed by a Spanish firm.
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Team works to create sensor-rich environment that can tell if you're having trouble sleeping, losing weight or even developing a joint problem.
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Here's a productive twist on the animated characters known as avatars that carry out fantasies in virtual computer worlds. IBM Corp. researchers have developed an avatar that can translate spoken words into sign language.
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Superdense arrays of silicon electrodes will bring scientists closer to an artificial retina that approximates normal vision.