In this paper, we describe the development of a SKKU glove, a wearable computing device for entertainment and games that can be used in wireless environments. The glove is equipped with chording keyboard mechanism for natural and flexible input and control of games, and a set of accelerator sensors for gathering information from hand gestures. Since the glove can be worn and used only in one ha...

This paper introduces a new text input device called the chording glove. The keys of a chord keyboard are mounted on the fingers of a glove. A chord can be made by pressing the fingers against any surface. Shift buttons placed on the index finger enable the glove to enter the full ASCII character set. The chording glove is designed as a text input device for wearable computers and virtual envir...

This paper presents a portable, assistive, soft robotic glove designed to augment hand rehabilitation for individuals with functional grasp pathologies. The robotic glove utilizes soft actuators consisting of molded elastomeric chambers with fiber reinforcements that induce specific bending, twisting and extending trajectories under fluid pressurization. These soft actuators were mechanically p...

In acute care settings with low-risk of infection transmission, discontinuing contact precautions (i.e., gloves and gown) may result in similar rates hospital-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) lower the risk vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE), compared to scenarios which such were employed. Rates late-onset infections a neonatal intensive unit when standard control...

OBJECTIVES International standard ISO 10819 was established in order to quantify the vibration attenuation characteristics of anti-vibration gloves. One problem that exists with the standard is possible misalignment of the palm adaptor that is placed underneath the test glove. If the adaptor becomes misaligned, the measured glove transmissibility will be lower than the actual value. A tri-axial...

BACKGROUND Sensitization to natural rubber latex has been linked to proteins from medical latex gloves. Various assays to estimate the amount of residual allergenic proteins extractable from latex gloves to assess their potential exposure hazard have inherent weaknesses. OBJECTIVE This investigation was aimed at developing 2-site immunoenzymetric assays and identifying appropriate protein mar...

This paper proposes a general framework to enhance grasping interactions of an operator wearing a digital glove. We focus on a consistent interpretation of the posture information acquired with the glove in order to reflect the grasp of virtual artifacts. This allows manipulations requiring a higher skill in virtual environment and also improve interactions with virtual human models. A handshak...

classification of one hundred different dynamic gestures. The proposed system is light, not intrusive or obtrusive, to be easily utilized by deaf people in everyday life, and it has demonstrated valid results in terms of signs/words conversion.