First brain implant used at home lets “locked in” woman talk, go outdoors
A paralysed woman, who is “almost completely locked in,” has become the first person to use a fully implanted brain-computer …
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MAMEM at the 9th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, Gothenburg, Sweden
Chandan Kumar from University of Koblenz, presented “eyeGUI: A Novel Framework for Eye-Controlled User Interfaces” at the NordiCHI 2016 conference …
Paralyzed People Inhabit Distant Robot Bodies With Thought Alone
The European Union’s VERE project aims to dissolve the boundary between the human body and a surrogate. The system was …
CERTH @EFPIA event on “Health Collaboration Summit 2016, a healthier future for Europe
In EFPIA event “Health Collaboration Summit 2016, a healthier future for Europe” on 9-10 November 2016 in Brussels, a member …
October 2016
CERTH @ ADI Workshop on “Participation of Greek Alzheimer Units in Founding Opportunities”
In ADI Workshop “Participation of Greek Alzheimer Units in Founding Opportunities” on 14 – 16 October 2016 in Athens a …
Intracortical microstimulation of human somatosensory cortex
Touch is essential for hand use. Yet, brain-controlled prosthetic limbs have not been endowed with this critical sense. In a …
MAMEM reaching out to young people in Researchers’ Night
MAMEM participated in the event of Researchers night, Greece, held in Thessaloniki Greece and organized by CERTH. The local community …
September 2016
Disabledbook.com – facebook for people with disabilities
Disabledbook.com claims to be the first social network for people with disabilities. It allows for people with disabilities to become …
Friends Help Friends on Facebook Feel Better
Personal interactions on Facebook are associated with improvements in users’ psychological well being and satisfaction, according to a study conducted …
August 2016
Paraplegics are learning to walk again with virtual reality and BCI
The chances of recovery for paraplegic patients were once considered nearly nil. But in 2014, 29-year-old Juliano Pinto, who faced …
