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ASL Translation Glove

A sensor-instrumented glove that recognizes American Sign Language gestures and translates them in real time — technology in service of communication.

Flex SensorsIMUMachine LearningEmbeddedWearables
HERO PHOTO: glove on hand mid-gesture (very visual — use your best shot)

## Problem

Millions of people communicate through sign language, yet most of the hearing world can't understand it. That communication gap creates daily friction in classrooms, workplaces, and public life.

## Solution

A wearable glove that captures hand pose and motion through embedded sensors, classifies ASL gestures with machine learning, and outputs translations in real time.

## Demo

VIDEO: live gesture → translation demo (embed here)

## Features

  • Finger-flex and hand-motion sensing
  • Real-time gesture classification
  • Wireless, wearable form factor

## Tech Stack

Arduino / MCUFlex SensorsIMUPythonML Classification

## Challenges

  • Distinguishing similar gestures from noisy sensor data
  • Fitting inference and sensing into a comfortable wearable

## Lessons Learned

  • TODO: what you learned building it

## Gallery

PHOTO: glove build / wiring
PHOTO: sensor close-up
SCREENSHOT: classification output