Cool Weird Awesome With Brady Carlson

A team at UCLA has built technology into a glove that can recognize the hand movements from American Sign Language and translate those movements into spoken English in real time through a smartphone app. This may even get me to put down the Nintendo Power Glove (for a while). Plus: scientists in Australia say they can modify cotton to make its own color, without not-so-eco-friendly chemical dyes.  Wearable-tech glove translates sign language into speech in real time (UCLA) CSIRO scientists discover how to grow coloured cotton, removing need for harmful chemical dyes (ABC.net.au) Add some color to your life as a Cool Weird Awesome backer on Patreon --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/coolweirdawesome/message