Tag: Assistive Technology
Most accurate robotic legs mimic human walking gait
A group of US researchers has produced a robotic set of legs which they believe is the first to fully model walking in a...
Modified iPads being used by spinal injury patients
Spinal injury patients with limited hand function are able to access the internet through modified iPads
Spinal patients at the Prince of Wales Hospital in...
Sip & Puff Accessible Fishing
Automated fishing system for quadriplegics.
Rehab Ideas
All of us do things every day that we simply take for granted — opening and closing a door, walking, talking, picking up objects,...
The Walking Chair by Martin Harris
http://youtu.be/JqEasWKcJYY
The prototype waking chair was designed by Martin Harris, a product design student at the university of Derby. It was designed with the aim...
Piercing a Tongue, in the Name of Mobility
CHICAGO — Martin Mireles says his mother was not happy with his tongue piercing: It didn’t fit his image as a former church youth...
A Robotic Exoskeleton Works Miracles
A paralyzed student walks again, with the help of a new technology.
Last Saturday, at UC Berkeley's commencement, something like a miracle happened. That, at...
Passenger Side Driving Controls
Specialty driving controls placed on the passenger side is a design option that…
System enables hands-free control of electric wheelchairs
Researchers at Essex University have developed a system that allows people suffering from severe physical disabilities, such as spinal cord injury or quadriplegia, to...
1st Rex commercial bionic legs go to Paralympian
Less than a year after unveiling a pair robotic legs that let paraplegics stand and walk, New Zealand's Rex Bionics has made its first...