Technology
Shopping harassments
We have seen this before, but as the holiday season comes in full swing we all get to deal with salespeople pushing credit cards, extended warranties and trying to gain personal data including email addresses and phone numbers. This unemployment pushing 10.2% (as of Nov 2009) the last thing any of us need is another [...]
Wheelchair controlled by iphone
Dynamic Controls, a company that develops wheelchair control units has incorporated the iphone into the control of the chair. The iphone (or ipod Touch) connects to the wheelchair wirelessly using bluetooth or wifi and allows the user to control all aspects of movement through a graphical user interface. This allows a user to control their [...]
FDA approves embryonic cellular procedure
The FDA has approved the first human treatment using embryonic stem cells. The procedure only gave permission to test the cells in patients with thoracic spinal cord damage. This type of damage occurs below the neck and usually creates a situation where the person has use of their arms and hands, but nothing below the [...]
Enzyme found to help formation of new axons
Researchers at Emory University and Georgia Institute of Technology have announced that they have found an enzyme that helps nerves to grow inn areas that have been damaged after trauma. In typical injuries scar tissue forms around the damage point and the body removes the tissue so that new muscle and nerves can grow in [...]
Neuralstem gets ok from FDA
Neuralstem, a company that has a stem cell procedure to use on ALS has been given the green light for stage 1 testing on humans. The trial has 12 patients that will each get injections in the lumbar portion of their spine. This test is primarily to guarantee the safety of the drug over a [...]
Brain implanted chips may help disabled
Over the years many researchers have worked on a brain-computer interface that works well, does not have rejection issues, and allows the brain to send messages to a computer. The idea is to put a computer interface at the point of damage so the brain can send messages and the computer can send those same [...]
Web to speech available on any browser
Those with limited eyesight have had problems trying to work within the web framework. Specialized software was required and the user was typically stuck paying for a copy of Windows along with the software to speak the text on a web page. The power of web browsers have increased dramatically over the last few years [...]
Breakthrough in spinal cord reconstruction
Researchers at the University of California @ San Diego have discovered a chemical that can rewire the spinal cord after injury. With over 40,000 victims of neck and spinal damage in the United States, this work could dramatically change their lives. The research work done at San Diego has found a way to regenerate synapses [...]
New shelf system for paraplegics
Anyone living with others runs into issues of where things are put on shelves. If the shelf is near you it is relatively easy to grab what you need. But if the shelf is higher than you good luck trying to access something on that shelf.
BBG may halt spinal cord injuries
Research that has been done on BBG, or Brilliant Blue G shows that limb function can be returned – at least in laboratory animals. This research has been going on with BBG but this is the first confirmed experimentation that shows damage can be repaired by the use of this food additive. The scientists were [...]
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