01/06/2014
Vote to support Safe Driving and Innovative Driver Rehab Technology introduced by QoLT-graduate Nahom Beyene.
Like QoLT spin-off Navity as your pick in the Everyday Health Awards for Innovation at CES2014 before Jan 7:
http://awards.digitalhealthsummit.com/everyday-health-awards/navity
Congrats to the team for being named finalists in Emerging Tech!
Navity | Digital Health Summit Awards
The NAViSection System is an integrated technology for driving programs to collect measures of driver capability and reinforce licensing recommendations. Our technology provides the context of a crash critical driving error during an on-road driving evaluation.
08/26/2013
Howie Choset has launched a new web site for medical robotics activity at CMU.
Check it out here: http://medrobotics.ri.cmu.edu/
08/20/2013
A great achievement for QoLT-inspired STEM!
(Don't miss the link to the TEDTalk at the end of this clip.)
Maybe we can get Easton LaChappelle to visit us here in Pittsburgh for a future keynote!
http://www.mccookgazette.com/story/1994594.html
Teenage tinkerer creates low-cost, high tech prosthesis
Modern medicine is amazing, but the technology involved can be prohibitively expensive -- one of the many problems Obamacare will have to address as it goes into effect. It doesn't have to be that way, if advances in technology are allowed to bring costs of medical equipment down the same way they h...
08/19/2013
When will robots be able to help with eldercare? NSF-funded Carnegie Mellon roboticist Jim Osborn discusses the challenges, issues and timing on Spectrum Radio, featured on the Science360 Radio home page.
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08/09/2013
CMU's Robotics Institute Director, Matt Mason, appeared in a "We the Geeks" panel discussion about robots hosted today by the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.
Catch a replay of this very special Google+ Hangout Discussion here:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2013/08/06/we-geeks-robots
We the Geeks: “Robots” | The White House
Join our next We the Geeks Google+ Hangout on Friday, August 9th to discuss robots.
07/31/2013
Romibo is an interactive robot that is designed to help autistic children communicate better. Romibo reacts to different types of sensory interactions from the patient.
Two different types of interactions from the patient or therapist to the robot will result in different types of reactions. Physical interactions, such as hitting, will make Romibo start crying. This is due to accelerometers on the robot to detect various physical interactions.
By using the microphone on the robot, Romibo will be able to detect the volume, such as whispering or yelling, that is used and respond appropriately.
Not only does Romibo respond by crying, but it is also able to show social displays by using LED lights on the antenna. The lights indicate different types of emotions such as happiness, sadness, anger and excitement.
07/25/2013
The Seating Coach is is a device that detects seating activities for people in power wheelchairs. It analyzes the user behaviour and responds by giving suggestions or reminders by using a Guru. The Guru says some things such as “tilt your chair back”. This will prevent health risks such as pressure sores and will keep the user more comfortable for longer periods of time.
07/23/2013
The InForm Exercise Coach is a wearable sensor-based system so that patients who require specific movements for their therapy would be able to do so correctly. The Exercise Coach is able to detect incorrect postures during the exercise and give feedback to the patient on how to fix it. Meanwhile, the InForm Exercise Coach is able to send the data collected from the patient and send it to their clinician, physician or physical therapist to see the progress.
07/18/2013
Ever think that you need to get out and get active? Well, why not look at these two? Its a tool- Innertube (left)- and a system- Spark (right). For Innertube , it visualizes all your behavioural data (such as what you do on a daily basis), and puts it all in one place for a physical therapist to see. Spark, helps people become more aware and follow through with behavioural changes by using abstract artistic images and forms. It's an interesting way of visualizing what you do daily that influences your health.
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