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At Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, an exhibition examines the legacy of designer Henry Dreyfuss and the fascinating histories behind many of the everyday symbols that connect people ...

The resulting project is Enable Talk, a pair of custom-designed gloves with 15 flex sensors and a micro controller that can recognize patterns in sign language.