Timeline

September #2

September:

• set goals for the project
• contact mentors

October:

• research more on sign language recognition method (e.g. Video recognition, Hand tracking, Human pose estimation...)
• brainstorm about the business plan

November: 

• figure out what resources are needed for the proposed method
• consult mentors
• start writing the business plan

December:

• collect sample data for the recognition method

January:

• continue writing the business plan
• process sign language data

February:

• Finish the business plan
• run the recognition model on computer

March:

• start contacting technology companies
• refine the model

April:

• present the business case to companies
• finish the preliminary prototype

May:

• conclude the experience of contacting companies
• signature presentation

About Me

September #1

Hello! 

My name is Nina, and I'm a senior in high school this year.

The STEM signature project I'm working on is mainly about a Sign Language translator (system). The goals are: (1)build a business case for the sign language translator concept to present to technology companies, and (2)create the translation system prototype.

This is a continuation of my "I to I" business plan project, prepared for New York State High School Business Model Competition in May 2017. In a group of four, we observed the urgent need of a Sign Language translator to help deaf people with their communication with hearing people. We then developed the idea of translator smart glasses that diminish the barrier between deaf and hearing people by connecting them Eye to Eye. 
My group won the 2nd place in the competition, and we decided to carry on this project in a more technical way. Since it is foreseen to be super challenging for me to take care of all professionally technical parts, I will work on constructing an elaborated business plan in preparation for future contact with technology companies, and create a preliminary system as the supplementary demonstration.

My interests in business, physics, and engineering have led me to this project. It's really cool to conduct a project through which I turn an idea into actions in real life, and I connect myself with different groups of people, including deaf people, sign language teachers, and engineers, outside of school.

"I to I" group icon

Sign Language "A-Z"

"I to I" smart glasses_preliminary design

AR technology