Researchers at ArticuLab, part of the communication and engineering schools at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, are studying how humans communicate with and through technology and are helping autistic children participate in conversations by using virtual peers, life-sized, computer-animated children capable of carrying on realistic conversations.
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Virtual pal helps autistic kids make social connections - The Globe and Mail
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
News 8 Austin | HEADLINES | Exercise program helps give spinal cord patients control
A program called Step It Up Recovery Center enrolls victims of spinal cord injuries in hopes of "rerouting" the nervous system through physical stimulation. Its creators said it may help clients learn to walk again.
via news8austin.com
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Non-profit Harnesses Virtual World for Real Troop Support | Reuters
Winner of the 2009 CommuniCause New Media Makeover contest, Soldiers' Angels has repeatedly demonstrated a unique ability to engage people in "real world" troop support through "virtual" connections. Such is the case with its Project Valour-IT, which in 4 years has provided nearly 4,000 voice-controlled laptops and other adaptive technology to support the recovery and reconnection of wounded veterans. The annual Valour-IT Veterans Day Fundraiser draws bloggers from across the Internet as they compete in teams to inspire the highest total of donations for the project.
via reuters.com
Shows you what social media can accomplish, keep it going.
Thursday, October 8, 2009
AFP: Multiple sclerosis: Drug brakes progression to full-blown disease
AFP: Multiple sclerosis: Drug brakes progression to full-blown disease: "Multiple sclerosis: Drug brakes progression to full-blown disease", according to a study published online on Wednesday by The Lancet.
Medical marijuana bill gains momentum in New Jersey | Inside Jersey - - New Jersey Magazine | Living in New Jersey | Inside Jersey - NJ.com
The transformation was stark, Christiane Oliveri says. Michael developed an appetite and started going out with his friends again and playing his bass. "I realized, wait, we have Michael back," she says. "He's actually happy. He's joining the family."
Michael is so thankful for marijuana that he has the THC molecule -- the active ingredient in marijuana -- tattooed on his right forearm, with a heartbeat line morphing into a symbol for infinity. "It's keeping me alive more than anything else," he says. "If I had not seen it with my own eyes, I would not have believed it," Christiane Oliveri told members of the state Assembly Health and Senior Services Committee this summer. "Marijuana is a miracle."
via nj.com
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
BBC SPORT | Other sport... | Disability Sport | Scots to host Euro Championship
The event will be held at the new Regional Football Centre at Toryglen in Glasgow from 17-28 August 2010.
Teams from 10 European countries, including England will take part.
"It shows that we are representative of different facets of the game," said the Scottish Football Association chief executive Gordon Smith.
The annual competition was first held in Glasgow in 1978 and the 2010 tournament will welcome countries including Russia, The Netherlands and Ukraine.
via news.bbc.co.uk
Monday, October 5, 2009
Honda develops new personal mobility device – the U3-X experimental vehicle
A self-balancing unicycle experimental vehicle from Honda to be shown at the Tokyo Motor Show next month might just be history in the making. Weighing less than 10kg, the 24 by 12 by 6-inch U3-X experimental vehicle runs for an hour, is small enough to be carried onto an airplane as hand luggage, has a wheel which spins in two planes and is set to challenge, perhaps even change, society’s concept of personal mobility.
Little more than a century after mass market personal transport became a reality, it seems we’re set to have a mobility renaissance thanks to the need for zero emission vehicles, better electric motors, rapidly improving battery technology and the exploding field of material science.
via gizmag.com
No place for my basket or saddle bags.
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