Smart Home Is a Lab for the Elderly

Smart Home Is a Lab for the Elderly

About 3.2 million U.S. households are seniors aged 65 or older, living by themselves. People are living longer, and for a variety of personal, social, financial, and emotional reasons, they want to remain living independently in their own home as long as they can....
Knee Brace Harvests Energy [video]

Knee Brace Harvests Energy [video]

  We have covered exoskeletons here before; typically, these strap-on devices help paralyzed people walk on their own. A group of students at Rice University are working on a device that doesn’t provide power to the wearer, but instead harvests energy from...
Wearable Facilitates Crowd-Sourced MS Study

Wearable Facilitates Crowd-Sourced MS Study

Multiple sclerosis (MS) affects a patient’s ability to walk. Unfortunately, the only assessment of their impairment usually happens during an office visit with their physician. More detailed information about day to day experiences could provide healthcare...