This should be being followed closely by every single rehab doctor and
hospital in the world. But it won't be because your doctor and hospital
don't even know about it. And our stroke associations are complete fucking failures at doing anything useful for survivors.
http://www.cybathlon.ethz.ch/
The Cybathlon is a championship for pilots with disabilities who are using advanced assistive devices including robotic technologies.
The competitions are comprised of different disciplines that will test
the ability of pilots to navigate a series of everyday tasks while using
a powered knee prosthesis, wearable arm prosthesis, powered
exoskeleton, powered wheelchair, electrically stimulated muscles and
novel brain-computer interfaces. The assistive devices will include
commercially available products provided by companies, but also
prototypes developed by research labs. There will be two medals for each
competition, one for the pilot, who is driving the device, and one for
the provider of the device.
The main goal of the Cybathlon is to provide a platform for the development of novel assistive technologies that are useful for daily life. Through the organisation of the Cybathlon we want to help to remove barriers between the public, people with disabilities and science. The event is organised by ETH Zurich.
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