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Virtual reality for disabled individuals
From the "Presence" listserv By ERIN BELL September 23, 2004 Special to The Globe and Mail Anyone who's used Sony's EyeToy for the PlayStation 2 console knows how much fun it can be to put yourself into a video game with the help of a camera. More advanced technology developed in Canada... Read more ...
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New article about Presence published on Nature!
Maria V. Sanchez-Vives and Mel Slater have published a review article entitled "From Presence to Consciousness through Virtual Reality" on the prestigious journal Nature Neuroscience (ASI impact factor 2003: 27.007). In this article, the authors argue that presence - the sense of "being the... Read more ...
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Biofeedback - improve health using signals from...
Biofeedback is a treatment technique in which people are trained to improve their health by using signals from their own bodies. Physical therapists use biofeedback to help stroke victims regain movement in paralyzed muscles. Psychologists use it to help tense and anxious clients learn to rela... Read more ...
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Captology: The science of Persuasive Technology
Can computers change what you think and do? Can they motivate you to stop smoking, persuade you to buy insurance, or convince you to join the Army? The Stanford Persuasive Technology Lab , founded by BJ Fogg, an experimental psychologist, is trying to answer these questions. The lab creates i... Read more ...
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Wearable kinesthetic system for capturing upper...
Tognetti and his collaborators at The Interdepartmental Research Center "E. Piaggio", University of Pisa, have recently developed a wearable kinesthetic system for capturing upper limb movements in post-stroke rehabilitation. In this system (see picture below), a lycra shirt has been equipped wit... Read more ...
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Considerate computing
Ambient Intelligence will radically change how people interact with technology. In AmI, people will be surrounded by a multitude of interconnected embedded systems. These devices will be able to locate and recognize objects and people, as well as people’s intentions. Following this view, AmI r... Read more ...
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VR for PTSD rehabilitation in Israel
From Israel21c, "A focus beyond conflict" Most people have never witnessed a terror attack. But the graphic depiction of a suicide bus bombing on the computer screen that Prof. Patrice (Tamar) Weiss is displaying seems vividly real. Watching it - in three dimensions and full sound while we... Read more ...
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Does medical technology really help doctors?
From WIRED By Kristen Philipkoski Medical technology was supposed to remove problems caused by fallible humans: inaccurate prescriptions, wrong diagnoses and inappropriate therapies. But recent studies have shown that some technologies have caused more problems than they've solved. ... Read more ...
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Cibex-Trazer VR system for neurorehabilitation
Retrieved from: the PRESENCE - Listserve It hasn’t yet, but the underlying concept is intriguing -- the idea that you could take one of the causes of childhood obesity and re-engineer it as part of the solution. It may sound like science fiction, but it’s exactly what Bob Verdun, the new d... Read more ...
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VR to treat PTSD
From Wired SAN DIEGO -- While the real Iraq is more than enough for most people to handle, there's a virtual Iraq lurking on the laptop of psychologist Skip Rizzo, a research scientist at the University of Southern California. With a push of a button, special effects will appear -- a mo... Read more ...