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My favourite poet brought back to life
via BBC news My favourite poet Dylan Thomas is being brought back to life in the form of a computer-generated 3D moving image by art student Bernard Mitchell. The image was created from his death mask. To re-create Thomas face, the death mask of the poet was first skanned at the hospital's ... Read more ...
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New asynchronous brain computer interface
Via Smart Mobs An asynchronous brain computer interface is under development at Oxford University, with the collaboration of Southampton and Essex universities. The system should allow a more effective way of controlling robotic arms and wheelchairs, as opposed to the less natural on/off ... Read more ...
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Benefits of activity and virtual reality based...
Brain Inj . 2005 Nov;19(12):989-1000 Authors: Thornton M, Marshall S, McComas J, Finestone H, McCormick A, Sveistrup H Objective: To explore multi-dimensional benefits of exercise participation perceived by adults with traumatic brain injury (TBI) and their caregivers.Methods: Adults (n ... Read more ...
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Mirror therapy for alleviating chronic pain
via Medgadget McCabe and co-workers from the University of Bath and the Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases (RNHRD)have published in the journal Clinical Medicine the results of a study, which has investigated the use of mirror as a therapeutic mean to alleviate pain. The tre... Read more ...
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Nature Insight: Sleep
Until the mid of 20th century, most people thought of sleep as a passive part of our daily lives. Now the body of evidence suggests that the brain is very active during sleep. Moreover, neuroscience is beginning to understand the importance of sleep on our daily function and health. The cu... Read more ...
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1st International Conference on Interactice...
The conference will be held at Princess Sumaya University for Technology, Jordan, April 19-21 2006. The conference aims to promote the development of m-learning in the middle east, provides a forum for education and knowledge transfer and encourages the implementation of mobile applications in te... Read more ...
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//MUKANA
via we-make-money-not-art Mukana is a wearable wireless device to help the visually impaired, which connects technology with textiles. The system consists of a cell phone, a wireless headset, a Global Positioning System (GPS) module and voice recognition software. Users can ask the syst... Read more ...
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Human responses to augmented virtual...
Ergonomics . 2005 Aug;48(10):1223-42 Authors: Hsiao H, Simeonov P, Dotson B, Ammons D, Kau TY, Chiou S This study investigated the effect of adding real planks, in virtual scaffolding models of elevation, on human performance in a surround-screen virtual reality (SSVR) system. Twenty-four ... Read more ...
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Alzheimer's Art therapy
via Neurodudes The New York Times reports about visual-art therapy, an approach which seems to have positive effects on Alzheimer's brain disease. Though it has long been known that music has beneficial effects in the rehabilitation of brain-injured patients, the potential role of visual art... Read more ...
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EMagin Z800 3DVisor Stereoscopic Headset for...
via Extremetech Good news for virtual reality therapy. eMagin offers stereoscopic headset for under $1,000. The Z800 has 800x600 active matrix OLED displays including a pair of sharp OLED displays which supports 8 bits per pixel (16.67 million colors) and 200:1 contrast ratio. The pric... Read more ...