For patients who no longer have the use of their limbs and torso, life must be navigated through a powered wheelchair – which users often control by blowing into a plastic straw to execute basic ...

The state of the art self-powered eye tracker harnesses energy from simply blinking - and is as comfortable as everyday ...

A tiny magnet embedded in a tongue through piercing, implantation or adhesion has been shown by a Georgia Institute of Technology team of researchers to be capable of acting as a controller for the ...

An assistive technology that enables individuals to maneuver a powered wheelchair or control a mouse cursor using simple tongue movements can be operated by individuals with high-level spinal cord ...

GeckoChat was created in 2003 for GeckoSystems' elder care and personal assistance robot the CareBot(tm). It was designed to provide medication and scheduling reminders and record compliance for the ...

Individuals with paralysis in a new clinical trial were able to use a tongue-controlled technology to access computers and execute commands for their wheelchairs at speeds that were significantly ...

Quadriplegics may gain a new degree of freedom via their tongues, if a new control system becomes widely available. The new system uses that famously strong, agile and sensitive muscle, the tongue, to ...

A regular or electric wheelchair might suit someone who has lost the use of their legs, but for those suffering from muscular dystrophy or ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) who have lost control of ...