TAMPA, Fla. — What one teen did to aid in her rescue is taking the internet by storm. According to a Kentucky sheriff's office, the 16-year-old was using a sign she learned on TikTok to signal for ...

(NEXSTAR) – Last month, a victim of domestic abuse was able to alert an onlooker to her plight at a convenience store in California — all without raising the suspicions of her alleged abuser, who had ...

(NEXSTAR) – Police in Kentucky recently said a missing 16-year-old girl was able to silently signal for help by using a simple hand gesture she learned on social media — a hand gesture that, luckily, ...

One building block for a civil society is the simple, friendly acknowledgement of each other in passing. This is something Utahns seem to know instinctively, while people in some other places choose ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Simple hand gestures can make a huge impact when you are speaking. (Photo: fotostorm via Getty Images) Simple hand gestures can ...

Hand movements are often treated as a nervous tic to be suppressed, but a growing body of research suggests they are one of the most powerful tools a speaker has. Across lab experiments, large-scale ...

Using simple hand gestures during video calls seems to improve people’s experience of such interactions. Paul Hills at University College London (UCL) came up with a set of gestures after many video ...

Recent progress in camera systems, image analysis, and machine learning have made optical-based gesture recognition a more attractive option in most contexts. However, current methods are hindered by ...