:: networked_performance | MOBI ::

April 11, 2007 in Deaf, Gestuno, News, Technology, Video Phone, Video Relay Service, World

MOBI

From Networked Performance

MOBI (Mobile Operating Bi-directional Interface), by Graham Smith, is a human sized telepresence robot that users remotely control to move through distant environments, see through its camera eye, talk through its speakers and hear via its microphone ear. Simultaneously a life sized image of themselves is projected onto the robots LCD face, creating [...]

:: RealGeek | Interactive video community ::

April 9, 2007 in ASL, Communication, Community, Deaf, Gestuno, Hard of Hearing, Interpreter, News, Sign Language, Technology, Video Relay Service

Interactive video community

Heard about Vlip yet?  the cool Interactive video community and online video service by SightSpeed.
SightSpeed is innovating into video calling and many other upcoming innovations, vlip is one of their effort to start Interactive video community. They have just added a new “ASL” category for deaf people who use the “American Sign Language” [...]

:: A Nice Gesture | XV Congreso Mundial de la WFD ::

April 5, 2007 in Community, Culture, Deadline, Deaf, Education, Film | Theatre, Gestuno, Hard of Hearing, Health, History | Heritage, Sign Language

XV Congreso Mundial de la WFD
The World Federation of the Deaf will be hosting their 15th World Congress in July 2007, Madrid.

The World Federation of the Deaf (WFD) is an international non-governmental organisation comprising national associations of Deaf people. It watches over the interests of more than 74 million Deaf people worldwide -more than 80% [...]