Cell Phone for the Deaf From: Mechanical Engineering Magazine - 02/2010 Handing a cell phone to a deaf person might seem like a cruel gesture. Sure, he might be able to send out a text message with it, but the expressiveness with which the deaf use sign language would be completely lost. But a team of researchers at Cornell University in Ithaca, NY, are working to change that situation. If the technology they are working on bears fruit, it could lead to phones that can transmit sign language. Read the entire article at: http://memagazine.asme.org/Articles/2010/February/Technology_Focus.cfm Links: Sheila Hemami http://foulard.ece.cornell.edu/SHemami.html New cell phone technology allows deaf people to communicate anytime, anywhere http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Dec09/MobileASL.html http://www.newswise.com/articles/view/559226?print-article American Sign Language Goes Mobile (video) http://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/semiconductors/devices/american-sign-language-goes-mobile?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+IeeeSpectrumWireless+%28IEEE+Spectrum%3A+Wireless%29 Sign Language by Cellphone http://spectrum.ieee.org/telecom/wireless/sign-language-by-cellphone/