Gloves

Folks weakened by osteoarthritis or myositis may need help with everyday tasks like watering plants, filling the kettle or peeling potatoes. The Carbonhand robo-glove is designed to support such activities, and is now available to everyone in the US.

Although we're moving away from being a throw-away society, single-use nitrile gloves are still widely utilized in healthcare settings. That may not always be the case, however, thanks to the development of reusable gloves that cook viruses.

Hand edema, which is a swelling of the fingers due to the accumulation of fluid, is typically treated via a hand massage performed by a therapist. A new finger-massaging glove, however, may offer a less costly and more accessible alternative.

According to UNICEF, the vast majority of stillbirths occur in poor countries. An experimental new pressure-sensing surgical glove may help reduce those numbers, by allowing clinicians to gauge the orientation of the baby within the womb.

If someone is lacking a hand, a prosthetic appendage can help them perform basic daily tasks. However, what if they've still got both hands, but one of them is paralyzed? Well, that's where NeoMano is designed to come in.

Getting real, physical movements accurately depicted in the digital world remains a challenge for programmers and engineers, but a newly developed glove promises to advance the tech significantly. It's able to capture hand movements with much more detail and nuance than most existing solutions.

​​If you've ever tried holding onto a spinning gyroscope, then you'll know how it "fights" you if you try to suddenly tip it over. Well, Imperial College London spinoff company GyroGear is utilizing that same principle in its new GyroGlove, which is designed to minimize hand tremors.​

A new robotic glove for hand rehabilitation swaps conventional rigid electromechanical components for soft fabric with embedded actuators that are meant to conform to natural hand movements. EsoGlove is lightweight and intuitive enough for patients to use in their own homes.

Scientists have developed a protective glove that warns lab workers of toxic substances in the air by immediately changing color.

A newly-developed electronic finger cuff could lead to smarter surgical gloves that perform surgery and scans with a touch.

MIT researchers have unveiled a cheap and easy to use gesture recognition system which uses a colored glove, a webcam and some software with positive results

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