Robots · August 2014Gaffe level: Blunder
A Stolen iPod Bricked a War Vet's $75,000 Prosthetic Hand
Staff Sgt. Ben Eberle's bionic hand was paired to a single iPod Touch, so when a thief grabbed it, the hand became a very expensive paperweight. DRM for limbs: nobody asked for this.
Source: Engadget
AI Avatars Translate Speech Into Kenyan Sign Language in Real Time
Kenyan engineer Elly Savatia built Terp360, an AI platform that translates speech into Kenyan Sign Language in real time using 3D avatars, with more than 2,300 signs recorded alongside deaf Kenyans. It won the 2025 Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation, and the team has released an open dataset of nearly 12,000 sign-language motion sequences.
Source: The Eastleigh Voice