Wired by a Kindred Spirit, the Disabled Gain Control. Michel Marriott.
by Marriott, Michel; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2004Article 68Science. Publisher: New York Times, 2003ISSN: 1522-3264;.Subject(s): Communication and technology | Facial expression | Human-machine systems | Interactive computer systems | People with disabilities | Quadriplegics | Robots -- Programming | Technological innovationsDDC classification: 050 Summary: "A gentle wave of oohs, ahs and chuckles rolled through a Fairleigh Dickinson University classroom as a computer science professor repeatedly grimaced while demonstrating a computer program he had just written. A sensor was taped to his forehead, allowing him to send commands merely by furrowing his brow." (NEW YORK TIMES) This article explains how a new computer system enables the severely disabled to choose letters and words from a chart simply by moving their facial muscles.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: Wired by a Kindred Spirit, the Disabled Gain Control, April 24, 2003; pp. E7.
"A gentle wave of oohs, ahs and chuckles rolled through a Fairleigh Dickinson University classroom as a computer science professor repeatedly grimaced while demonstrating a computer program he had just written. A sensor was taped to his forehead, allowing him to send commands merely by furrowing his brow." (NEW YORK TIMES) This article explains how a new computer system enables the severely disabled to choose letters and words from a chart simply by moving their facial muscles.
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