The good guys at Georgia Tech are trying something new which will help the disabled persons to break from the shackles of disability. They call it as a Tongue Drive System and can help the disabled to communicate with their wheelchairs to maneuver them, manage home appliances or even control computers. The peculiar traits of tongue being tireless and connected to the brain, makes it more easy for the impaired people to operate.
A magnet, about 3mm wide is kept on the user’s tongue and the sensors are placed on the side of the cheeks which track the wiggling movement. The movement tracked by the sensors is then sent to the software which converts it into command to perform.
The technology is cool but the commercial version will be far away from availability (at least for now). Currently, the researchers are working to find a way to diminish the size of the headgear (which holds the sensors), better software coding and effective usage of batteries for wireless functionality.
[Via Discovery]
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