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The team built the glove for less than $100, using flexible electronics which are commercially available. The glove can translate the entire American Sign Language alphabet into text, by using flexible sensors to detect the movement of the signer's knuckles. This creates a nine-digit binary key which links to a letter. The glove also uses a pressure sensor and accelerometer to help decide the movements of letters. UCSD are not stopping there, as they have more planned for the future. "Gesture recognition is just one demonstration of this glove's capabilities," Timothy O'Connor, a nanoengineering PhD student at UC San Diego and the first author of the study, on the researchers' work, said in a statement. "Our ultimate goal is to make this a smart glove that in the future will allow people to use their hands in virtual reality, which is much more intuitive than using a joystick and other existing controllers. This could be better for games and entertainment, but more importantly for virtual training procedures in medicine, for example, where it would be advantageous to actually simulate the use of one's hands." Researchers are also working on another version of the glove that will come with touch senses. ISSUE 101 / 2017 TECHNOLOGY Social media is a very powerful platform. Whether it is Instagram, Facebook, Twitter or Snapchat, it has never been easier for someone to broadcast their lives out to the world. Thanks to the University of California San Diego, there are researchers who have developed a glove which can translate sign language. 16 SOCIAL MEDIA IS FUCKING UP YOUR KIDS! THIS 'GLOVE' TRANSLATES SIGN LANGUAGE INTO TEXT We live in a world where follower counts and likes determine a person's image. To the point where social media can create fame for a 'lucky' individual. However, findings from the anti- bullying charity, Ditch the Label, shows that social media makes youngsters more anxious. 40% mentioned that they feel discouraged if their selfies have no likes and 35% admitted that their confidence was directly correlated to the number of followers they have. Unfortunately, society today has been programmed to hold great value to these insignificant figures. Despite the fact that your social media account is quite literally a mask for your life. Almost everyone instinctively posts their 'best moments' and 'prettiest selfies' on their accounts. Still, this is not the only issue with social media, further research shows that 42% of people between the ages of 12-20 reported to being bullied on Instagram. 37% were bullied on Facebook and 31% reported being bullied on Snapchat. And in a selfie-centric world, 50% of those who had been bullied reported that they were bullied about their appearance. While 27% had photos and videos shared against their will. So how can we change this? Firstly we should keep on posting great memories and events on social media. But don't try and seek validation through the amount of likes you get on you selfie or compare your life to another person's 'best-edited pic' of the day. Lastly, social media platforms like Instagram encourage users to report bullying content and hopefully, other social media platforms will continue creating new ways to make their platforms safer for everyone.