CoukieVision technology
April 27th 2006 08:46
One of the emerging technologies in the medical field is the Forehead Retina System. According to Siggraph, this technology consists of a small camera and 512 forehead-mounted electrodes that capture the frontal view, extract outlines, and convert the data to tactile electrical stimulation. The Forehead Retina System uses an ionic gel sheet with the same thickness and electrical impedance as the horny layer of finger skin. When the gel sheet is placed between the electrode and the forehead, stable sensation is assured.
The goal of this project is to provide a cheap, lightweight, yet fully functional system that provides rich, dynamic 2D information to the blind.
Technological developments that help impaired people should be priority to the medical technology researchers since this would improve the life quality of million of people (there are 180 million of persons totally or partially blind in the world just as an example). It is true that technologies that help in surgery and diagnosis are more than welcome. A true impact of technology would be improving the quality of life of these people that day by day have to make double or more the effort then the rest of us to perform tasks that we consider easy.
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