Tissues that teach: a device improves motor rehabilitation
A study shows the importance of smart fabrics equipped with haptic feedback for rehabilitation and teleoperations with drones.
A study shows the importance of smart fabrics equipped with haptic feedback for rehabilitation and teleoperations with drones.
You learn by watching, and this has never been more true than with #MirrorAble. It is an interactive platform designed to "restore" certain skills to children suffering from serious brain damage, thanks to the use of mirror #neurons. The project was born from the Fight the Stroke association, and is one of the many projects born from the Digital for Social call announced by the Vodafone Foundation. The aim is to offer home rehabilitation therapy for children with motor disabilities caused by stroke or paralysis… Read more
#technology increasingly helps those with temporary or permanent disabilities. The latest news was from a few days ago: people with complete paralysis were able to partially recover some functions (sense of touch, sensation of pain, bladder control and some movements) thanks to just one year of 'hi-tech' #rehabilitation with man-machine interfaces, virtual reality and avatars. The research, the results of which were published in the journal Scientific Reports, was conducted on eight patients with severe paralysis: the few nerves that remained intact after the accident managed to… Read more
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