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Next Generation Gamers: Computer Games Aid Recovery from Stroke
May 15, 2011 — Computer games are not just for kids. New research shows that computer games can speed up and improve a patient's recovery from paralysis after a ... > full story -
New Understanding of Brain Chemistry Could Prevent Brain Damage After Injury
May 15, 2011 — A protective molecule has been identified in the brain which, if used artificially, may prevent brain damage from the likes of stroke, head injury and ... > full story -
Controling Robotic Arms Is Child's Play
May 13, 2011 — Move your arm and the robot imitates your movement. This type of intuitive handling is now possible thanks to a new input device that will simplify the control of industrial robots in the future. But ... > full story -
Sound Safety: Novel Device With Rock 'N' Roll Roots May Protect Listeners from Potential Dangers of Personal Listening Devices and Hearing Aids
May 13, 2011 — Engineers investigating "listener fatigue"-- the discomfort and pain some people experience while using in-ear headphones, hearing aids, and other devices that seal the ear canal from external sound ... > full story -
Successful First Test Drive of 'Sighted' Wheelchair
May 12, 2011 — Research on an electric wheelchair that can sense it's environment and transmit information to a person who is visually impaired, has just been tested. One of the researchers, himself visually ... > full story -
A New Program for Neural Stem Cells
May 12, 2011 — Neural stem cells can do a lot, but not everything. For example, brain and spinal cord cells are not usually generated by neural stem cells of the peripheral nervous system, and it is not possible to ... > full story -
People With Disabilities: Experts Call for Changing How Research Is Done
May 11, 2011 — When it first passed 20 years ago, the American Disabilities Act offered hope for closing the health-disparities gap for people with disabilities, but differences still exist. Barring people with ... > full story -
Take Control of a Wheelchair With a Steady Jaw and a Wink
May 11, 2011 — For people with severe physical disabilities, such as spinal cord injury, quadriplegia and hemiplegia or amputation, current technology for controlling a wheelchair or mobility scooter is wholly ... > full story -
For Hearing Parts of Brain, Deafness Reorganizes Sensory Inputs, Not Behavioral Function
May 10, 2011 — The part of the brain that uses hearing to determine sound location is reorganized in deaf animals to locate visual targets, according to a new ... > full story -
Training to Promote Health After an Injury
May 10, 2011 — Many people use fitness studios to get back into shape after an injury. Researchers are now developing a system that will provide doctors with data on the exercises people do on the various machines. ... > full story
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