"AnthroTronix originally set out to make a glove capable of translating sign language. But in order to fund that niche application, they turned to the U.S. military, who was interested in new ways to control robots in the field. As decreasing size and price of accelerometers has allowed the company to make a glove much lighter and more flexible than traditional wired gloves. By Josh Romero (additional footage by Sally Adee) Additonal photos from Flickr users Tim.Deering, JulianBleecker, oskay, and kev/null."
AnthroTronix originally set out to make a glove capable of translating sign language. Decreasing size and price of accelerometers has allowed them to make the glove much lighter and more flexible than traditional wire gloves.