News tagged with force sensors


Rapid Rehab: Smart insole to correct walking abnormalities

(Medical Xpress)—Move over Nike Plus. University of Utah (the U) professor Stacy Bamberg, of the Department of Mechanical Engineering, is developing a shoe insole that can gather comparable data to Nike's ...

Medical research created Nov 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Learning a new sense: Scientists observe as humans learn to sense like a rat, with 'whiskers'

A Weizmann Institute experiment in which volunteers learned to sense objects' locations using just "rat whiskers" may help improve aids for the blind.

Neuroscience created Nov 05, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 5 | with audio podcast

Helping Hands reaches out to patients with cerebral palsy

With the aid of multiple force sensors and a digital dinosaur, a team of Rice University seniors known as Helping Hands hopes to restore strength and flexibility to the hands and wrists of children with cerebral ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created May 10, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0