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Inspired by: FP7 » Sign language established as the main tool for intarnation communication

version: 1 / created: 2009-10-08
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Originally submitted by: Martin Fatun
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Source of inspiration

European Commission Framework Programme for RTD (FP7)

Theme/activity of inspiration

Theme 3 - ICT - Information & communication technologies

Sub-theme/area of inspiration

Cognitive systems, interaction, robotics

Optional reference/s to FP7 project/s

Use the following format: Project Acronym (Project Reference No.). Use commas if more than one project is associated to this Wild Card, for example: ALFA-BIRD (213266), SAFAR (213374), LAPCAT-II (211485)
SIGNSPEAK (231424)

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Sign language established as the main tool for intarnation communication

Description

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Please describe the Wild Card (approx. 150 words)
After English lost its worldwide significance and Chinese proved to be too complicated to learn for western population, sign language has bee established as the main tool for international communication. The sign language was originally developed in ICT industry for improving human-machine communication by gesture and for an automatic object and body part recognition and tracking in video streams.

Keywords

Sign language, human-machine communication, object recognition, gesture, body part recognition

Likelihood

Closest timeframe for at least 50% likelihood
Please use one of the following options:
now-2050+

Type of event

Unplanned consequence of events/trends/situations (e.g. financial crisis, accidental breakthrough)

Type of emergence

please select (if any) describe related trend or situation
A new development/situation
(e.g. a Romani state is established in central Europe; A message from an alien civilisation existing on a distant planet is received and understood, etc.

Type of systems affected

Human-built Systems - E.g. organisations, processes, technologies, etc.

Classification

Mixed

Importance

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Level 4: important for the whole world