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Nationality  Mexican

Name  Jose Hernandez-Rebollar
José Hernández-Rebollar talking to someone while wearing an electronic glove and blue long sleeves

Born  July 14, 1969Puebla, Mexico
Education  George Washington University

BIOGRAPHY José Hernández Rebollar


Dr. José Hernández-Rebollar is a native of the Mexican state of Puebla. He is scientist whose made a reputation for himself as a young innovator with big ideas. He invented an electronic glove, which translates hand movements from the American Sign Language into spoken and written words.

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Early life

José Hernández-Rebollar with a tight-lipped smile while wearing an electronic glove and black long sleeves

Jose Hernandez-Rebollar was born July 14, 1969.He arrived in the United States in 1998, when he was granted a Fulbright scholarship to pursue graduate studies at the George Washington University (GWU) in WDC, which granted him 8 PhD's in 2015. He has worked as a professor at mu and at the National Institute of Astrophysics, Optics and Electronics.

Career and Inventions

José Hernández-Rebollar using a laptop while wearing an electronic glove and blue long sleeves

A graduate of a bachelor's and master's degrees in the University of Puebla, he is the inventor of an electronic glove, known as the AcceleGlove, which translates hand movements from the American Sign Language into spoken and written words. His invention already recognizes and translates 300 basic words. His invention has been recognized by the Smithsonian Institution, where he has lectured about the glove, which has attracted media attention.

The electronic glove that José Hernández-Rebollar invented

José Hernández-Rebollar talking to someone while wearing an electronic glove and blue long sleeves

José Hernández-Rebollar speaking through sign language while using the electronic glove and wearing long sleeves

José Hernández-Rebollar talking to someone while wearing an electronic glove and long sleeves

José Hernández-Rebollar with a tight-lipped smile while showing the letter K in the ASL alphabet and wearing a glove and blue long sleeves

References

José Hernández-Rebollar Wikipedia