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For various reasons - congenital, the consequences of sports or accidents, chronic diseases, age - some people have difficulties in everyday life. Fortunately, the future is already near - there are projects designed specifically to help people.
In the post - about glasses for the blind, about a spoon for people with Parkinson's disease, about exoskeletons and other devices.
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For people with Parkinson's disease, a spoon from Liftlabs has been created, simplifying the process of eating at times. The device compensates for tremor, so that the food from the spoon does not fall down - because it is in a relatively stable position.
How without exoskeletons? Ekso Bionics is intended for people with paralysis of the lower limbs. Mechanical suit allows you to literally get up and go. Video of 2012.
This is an automatic wheelchair control system that the father remade for his two year old son with spinal muscular atrophy, which prevents him from doing anything at all. This chair was devoted to the post on Habré .
Here is the chair itself in action.
How to drive a car? This device allows you to turn, switch speeds, add gas and brake with one hand only. What is very important - it has a flexible setting that allows the fate of the coordination and power features of the user. Developed by a joystick specialists from the Institute of Biomechanics of Valencia.
A very important topic - prosthetics - even deserves not a separate publication, but their whole cycle. Today I will write about one of the new products - it is a bionic prosthesis that returns a sense of touch . Successful tests have already been passed: microelectrodes were implanted in the pre-test subject to nerves in the forearm, and sensors transmitting electrical impulses were installed in the fingers of the prosthesis. As a result, you can feel the shape and hardness of the object.
30% of older people over 65 fall once a year or more often, and more than half of them cannot rise and call for help on their own. At the same time, in 7% of cases, the fall ends with fractures, about 10% - with injuries of the head, internal organs or death. In Russia, the Life Button has been struggling with this for several years now: clicking on a button sends a message to the Dispatch Center about the location of the owner, after which the necessary services are called up. Also relatives and neighbors are notified for quick help. There are several solutions, including home buttons, phones with emergency button and bracelets.
And this liquid level indicator was made in Ukraine especially for the blind grandfather. They made it practically from improvised means, and the thing turned out to be convenient - they liked the grandfather, as they say. All ingenious is simple.
In early 2013, CES presented a smart watch specifically designed for hearing impaired people. The uniqueness of Moneual Smart Care is that they hear alarming sounds like a crying baby, a fire alarm or an air-raid siren, for example, and warn the wearer through vibration and display messages. In addition, they are able to call the emergency services on behalf of the user.
This exoskeleton will help you recover from a severe injury or accident. Titan Arm also increases arm strength up to 18 kg.
Enable Talk helps to communicate mute with people who do not understand sign language. Equipped with sensors, gloves translate sign language, and a miniature sound device pronounces what has been said with gestures. This project of Ukrainian students won the first place in the 2012 Microsoft Imagine Cup competition .
At CES 2014 , OrCam glasses were presented to help blind people. The glasses are equipped with a text-recognizing camera, which is then voiced; they also recognize traffic lights, colors and people. Such a gadget can partially replace the guide on the street.
A similar project has been developed since 2010 by the Russian company Oriense .
B-Touch by Zhenwei You phone is endowed with sound playback of books, GPS, built-in camera based on object recognition, and has all the functions of a standard phone. Only instead of the display - Braille based system!
BrainPort is another system for helping blind people: it allows you to see with ... language. The device transforms the signals from the camera, mounted on the head of the user, into electrical impulses that flow to the language.
Another device with a braille display is the Braille E-Book. Books for the blind are very heavy, voluminous and expensive, and this e-book allows you to save a lot.
This futuristic glove allows you to read Braille. The user hears the text in the earpiece. Designed for visually impaired people who do not know this font - for example, for those who have lost all or part of their eyesight as a result of injury.
It is interesting:
To health! Wearable devices in sports and medicine
The history of smart watches
How close are we to creating a full-fledged cyborg?
In the post - about glasses for the blind, about a spoon for people with Parkinson's disease, about exoskeletons and other devices.
')
For people with Parkinson's disease, a spoon from Liftlabs has been created, simplifying the process of eating at times. The device compensates for tremor, so that the food from the spoon does not fall down - because it is in a relatively stable position.
How without exoskeletons? Ekso Bionics is intended for people with paralysis of the lower limbs. Mechanical suit allows you to literally get up and go. Video of 2012.
This is an automatic wheelchair control system that the father remade for his two year old son with spinal muscular atrophy, which prevents him from doing anything at all. This chair was devoted to the post on Habré .
Here is the chair itself in action.
How to drive a car? This device allows you to turn, switch speeds, add gas and brake with one hand only. What is very important - it has a flexible setting that allows the fate of the coordination and power features of the user. Developed by a joystick specialists from the Institute of Biomechanics of Valencia.
A very important topic - prosthetics - even deserves not a separate publication, but their whole cycle. Today I will write about one of the new products - it is a bionic prosthesis that returns a sense of touch . Successful tests have already been passed: microelectrodes were implanted in the pre-test subject to nerves in the forearm, and sensors transmitting electrical impulses were installed in the fingers of the prosthesis. As a result, you can feel the shape and hardness of the object.
30% of older people over 65 fall once a year or more often, and more than half of them cannot rise and call for help on their own. At the same time, in 7% of cases, the fall ends with fractures, about 10% - with injuries of the head, internal organs or death. In Russia, the Life Button has been struggling with this for several years now: clicking on a button sends a message to the Dispatch Center about the location of the owner, after which the necessary services are called up. Also relatives and neighbors are notified for quick help. There are several solutions, including home buttons, phones with emergency button and bracelets.
And this liquid level indicator was made in Ukraine especially for the blind grandfather. They made it practically from improvised means, and the thing turned out to be convenient - they liked the grandfather, as they say. All ingenious is simple.
In early 2013, CES presented a smart watch specifically designed for hearing impaired people. The uniqueness of Moneual Smart Care is that they hear alarming sounds like a crying baby, a fire alarm or an air-raid siren, for example, and warn the wearer through vibration and display messages. In addition, they are able to call the emergency services on behalf of the user.
This exoskeleton will help you recover from a severe injury or accident. Titan Arm also increases arm strength up to 18 kg.
Enable Talk helps to communicate mute with people who do not understand sign language. Equipped with sensors, gloves translate sign language, and a miniature sound device pronounces what has been said with gestures. This project of Ukrainian students won the first place in the 2012 Microsoft Imagine Cup competition .
At CES 2014 , OrCam glasses were presented to help blind people. The glasses are equipped with a text-recognizing camera, which is then voiced; they also recognize traffic lights, colors and people. Such a gadget can partially replace the guide on the street.
A similar project has been developed since 2010 by the Russian company Oriense .
B-Touch by Zhenwei You phone is endowed with sound playback of books, GPS, built-in camera based on object recognition, and has all the functions of a standard phone. Only instead of the display - Braille based system!
BrainPort is another system for helping blind people: it allows you to see with ... language. The device transforms the signals from the camera, mounted on the head of the user, into electrical impulses that flow to the language.
Another device with a braille display is the Braille E-Book. Books for the blind are very heavy, voluminous and expensive, and this e-book allows you to save a lot.
This futuristic glove allows you to read Braille. The user hears the text in the earpiece. Designed for visually impaired people who do not know this font - for example, for those who have lost all or part of their eyesight as a result of injury.
It is interesting:
To health! Wearable devices in sports and medicine
The history of smart watches
How close are we to creating a full-fledged cyborg?
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/212723/
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