In this paper, we introduce a scalable Video-on-Demand (VoD) system called GloVE (Global Video Environment) in which active clients cooperate to create a shareable video cache that is used as the primary source of video content for subsequent client requests. In this way, GloVE server’s bandwidth does not limit the number of simultaneous clients that can watch a video since once its content is ...

BACKGROUND Surgical gloves provide a protective barrier for patients and members of the surgical team. Although glove integrity is important in an era of blood-borne pathogens, little data exist on bacterial passage after glove perforation. This study evaluated the impact of antimicrobial surgical gloves in reducing microbial passage after glove puncture in a model of wound contamination. MET...

The critical analysis of the data glove-based signature identification and forgery detection system emphasizes the essentiality of noise-free signals for input. Lucid inputs are expected for the accuracy enhancement and performance. The raw signals that are captured using 14and 5-electrode data gloves for this purpose have a noisy and voluminous nature. Reduction of electrodes may reduce the vo...

An American Sign Language (ASL) recognition system developed based on multidimensional Hidden Markov Models (HMM) is presented in this paper. A CybergloveTM sensory glove and a Flock of Birds motion tracker are used to extract the features of ASL gestures. The data obtained from the strain gages in the glove defines the hand shape while the data from the motion tracker describes the trajectory ...

This paper introduces an interval fuzzy rule-based method for the recognition of hand gestures acquired from a data glove, with an application to the recognition of hand gestures of the Brazilian Sign Language. To deal with the uncertainties in the data provided by the data glove, an approach based on interval fuzzy logic is used. The method uses the set of angles of finger joints for the class...

Hand and arm impairment is common after stroke. Robotic stroke therapy will be more effective if hand and upper-arm training is integrated to help users practice reaching and grasping tasks. This article presents the design, development, and validation of a low-cost, functional electrical stimulation grasp-assistive glove for use with task-oriented robotic stroke therapy. Our glove measures gra...

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