Tag: ALS

  • Eye controlled communication device for locked-in patients

    Eye controlled communication device for locked-in patients

    A communication device for locked-in patients was unveiled at the BrainTech Israel conference today. Shay Rishoni is the CEO of Prize4Life, the Israel based ALS research group.  He has suffered from ALS for 5 years, and is now unable to communicate. Today, on the conference stage, Shay used Hello World‘s EyeControl,  a blink driven, inexpensive, automatically…

  • EEG enables ALS patients to control devices, communicate

    EEG enables ALS patients to control devices, communicate

    Philips and Accenture are using EEG brainwaves to help ALS patients command electronic devices via a wearable display, a tablet and software. The system can access a medical alert service, a smart TV and wireless lighting, and communicate via pre-configured messages. The wearable display provides visual feedback that allows the user to navigate the application…