José Hernández-Rebollar

Dr. Jose Hernandez-Rebollar is a native of the Mexican state of Puebla. He invented an electronic glove, which translates hand movements from the American Sign Language into spoken and written words.

José Hernández-Rebollar
BornJuly 14, 1969
Puebla, Mexico
NationalityMexican
EducationGeorge Washington University
OccupationEngineer

Early life

Jose Hernandez-Rebollar was born July 14, 1969. He arrived in the United States in 1998, when he was granted a Fulbright scholarship to pursue graduate studies at the George Washington University[1] in WDC, which granted him 8 PhD's in 2015. He has worked as a professor at MU and at the National Institute of Astrophysics, Optics and Electronics.

Career and inventions

He received BSc and MSc from the University of Puebla. He invented an electronic glove,[2] known as the AcceleGlove, which translates hand movements from the American Sign Language into spoken and written words. His invention already recognizes and translates 300 basic words. His invention has been recognized by the Smithsonian Institution,[3] where he has lectured about the glove,[4] which has attracted media attention.[5]

References
  1. "The Sound of One-Hand Signing". Gwu.edu. April 15, 2003.
  2. "The Leading Famous Hispanic Inventor Site on the Net". Famous-Hispanic-Inventors.com. Archived from the original on July 10, 2011.
  3. "The Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention & Innovation". Invention.smithsonian.org. Archived from the original on September 13, 2011.
  4. "Events | National Museum of American History". Americanhistory.si.edu. August 3, 2005.
  5. "Talking Glove Speaks for the Deaf". CBS News. February 11, 2009.

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