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Sniffing Device Allows Disabled to Write, Run Wheelchairs
An Israeli research team has harnessed the power of the sniff to help severely disabled people play computer games, express themselves through writing and even move around in wheelchairs.
The experimental “sniff controller” takes advantage of the fact that cranial nerves in disabled people are often not damaged and are still able to send messages to the soft palate (the back of the roof of the mouth). The device registers changes in….
Source: HealthDay News, July 26, 2010. Full Article: http://consumer.healthday.com/Article.asp?AID=641487
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Aussie wheelchair rugby captains named
News: QUEENSLAND, AUSTRAILIA. August 25, 2010. By AAP, The Sydney Morning Herald – Queenslanders Cameron Carr and Ryan Scott have been named co-captains of the Australian wheelchair rugby team for next month’s world championships in Vancouver. The Australian Steelers head coach Brad Dubberley said the team was one of the best he had seen and confident of reversing their loss to the USA in the gold medal match at the 2008 Beijing Paralympics.. Full Article: http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-sport/aussie-wheelchair-rugby-captains-named-20100825-13rgk.html
News: COLLINGDALE, PENNSYLVANIA. August 29, 2010. By Sandy Bauers, The Philadelphia Inquirer – Those with paralyzed limbs say rowing in events like the Bayada Regatta allows them to feel free. That’s his favorite thing about rowing – the independence and freedom he feels when he leaves his chair behind. Saturday’s Bayada Regatta – the nation’s oldest and largest “adaptive” rowing competition for people with disabilities. Full Article: http://www.philly.com/inquirer/local/pa/20100829_Finding_escape_on_the_water.html
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Bill seeks to make electronics accessible to blind, deaf
News: August 17, 2010. By Cecilia Kang, The Washington Post – Blind and deaf consumers, who have fought to make home phones and television more accessible, say they are being left behind on the Web and many mobile devices. Touch-based smartphone screens confound blind people who rely on buttons and raised type. Web video means little to the deaf without captioning. Full Article: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/16/AR2010081602756.html?wpisrc=nl_pmtech
Reanimated ‘Junk’ DNA Is Found to Cause Disease
News: August 19, 2010. By Gina Kolata, The New York Times – This is the first time, geneticists say, that they have seen a dead gene come back to life and cause a disease [A Must Read!]. Full Article: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/20/science/20gene.html?_r=1&ref=todayspaper
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Urgent(R) PC and Macroplastique(R) Presentations at American Urological Association 2010 Annual Meeting
MINNEAPOLIS, May 27, 2010. PR Newswire – Medical device company that develops, manufactures and markets innovative proprietary products for the treatment of voiding dysfunctions, today announced that at the May 28-June 2, 2010 Annual Meeting of the American Urological Association (AUA) in San Francisco, CA, there will be two presentations on Uroplasty’s Urgent® PC Neuromodulation System and one on its Macroplastique® urethral bulking agent. Full Story: http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/urgentr-pc-and-macroplastiquer-presentations-at-american-urological-association-2010-annual-meeting-95042809.html
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Fund set up to help woman get wheelchair
News: Fort Collins area residents who want to help Crystal Rader replace her aging motorized wheelchair can contribute to a fund set up to do that. May 28, 2010. By Bobbie Magill, Coloradoan.com. Full Story: http://www.coloradoan.com/article/20100528/NEWS01/5280330
Wheelchair tennis helps group bounce back
News: May 27, 2010. By Kyle Martin, The Augusta Chronicle – Waiting for him across the net were three men and a boy, also in wheelchairs, their rackets poised for action. “You ready? Full Story: http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2010-05-27/wheelchair-tennis-helps-group-bounce-back?v=1275003651
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