When people talk face to face, they don’t rely on words alone. They move their hands, raise their eyebrows, or nod to help express what they mean. These gestures often carry meaning and help listeners ...

The complex combination of movements required for this simple scissor gesture is a big step up from the capabilities of previous biohybrid robots. A biohybrid hand which can move objects and do a ...

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(Nanowerk Spotlight) Hand gestures have become a natural way to communicate with digital systems, but making machines understand those gestures with precision remains a technical challenge. While ...

Barbara Wallraff is a writer and editor in Cambridge. She writes The Wordshop on Substack. The challenge last time was to come up with a name for the gesture of resting your hand over your mouth in ...