Google app translates sign language

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According to the World Federation of the Deaf, there are about 70 million people around the globe who use sign language as their mother tongue. (Via Flickr / daveynin)

"Using electromyography it analyzes the position and muscle activity in both your hand and forearm. This means that Google Gesture can identify exactly which sign you are making." (ViaGoogle)

Students at the Berghs School of Communication in Sweden helped come up with the idea for the app "as a way to enable signed conversation with those who don't use sign language." (ViaGizmodo)

The app even won a prestigious Future Lions award at the Cannes Lions Festival Wednesday.

According to Ad Age there were almost 2,000 participants in the festival.

Google does have Google Translate which enables people to communicate in different languages and turns speech into text.

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