Sensor-Based System Could Help Sufferers of ALS, Cerebral Palsy
Start-up company rolls out new communication technology at NIWeek
From: DesignNews - 08/08/2007
By: Charles J. Murray

Sufferers of brain and spinal diseases could get a boost from a developing
technology that could allow them to regain the ability to communicate with
computers or wheelchairs, or to other people through a synthesized voice. 

Known as The Audeo, the new technology uses an electromyographic-type sensor
to detect electrical signals on the throats of people who are attempting to
speak, and then processes those signals into text, synthesized words or
commands for an electrically activated wheelchair. Ambient Corp., developers
of the new system, said that it hopes to use it to help individuals disabled
by such diseases as ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as Lou
Gehrig’s Disease), cerebral palsy, and traumatic brain or spinal cord injury. 

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http://www.designnews.com/article/CA6466925.html

Links:
Audeo
http://www.theaudeo.com/tech.html

Ambient Corp
http://www.theaudeo.com/

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