Thursday, March 28, 2024

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

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...