{"id":777,"date":"2023-02-04T17:17:17","date_gmt":"2023-02-04T17:17:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/techgillifoundation.org\/?p=777"},"modified":"2023-02-04T17:17:17","modified_gmt":"2023-02-04T17:17:17","slug":"new-tech-to-help-disabled-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techgillifoundation.org\/index.php\/2023\/02\/04\/new-tech-to-help-disabled-people\/","title":{"rendered":"New Tech to Help Disabled People"},"content":{"rendered":"

Electrical stimulation<\/h2>\n

Nine years ago, David Mzee was left paralysed by a gymnastics accident and told he would never walk again. Last week, he competed in a charity run during which he walked 390 metres, thanks to an\u00a0experimental treatment<\/a>\u00a0that uses electrical stimulation of the spinal cord to rejuvenate dormant circuits in patients whose spinal breaks are not complete.<\/p>\n

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Straight ahead to the future: the CloudMinds Meta helmet.<\/span>\u00a0Photograph: CloudMinds<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Helmet for the blind<\/h2>\n

Designed by the Chinese organisation\u00a0CloudMinds<\/a>, Meta looks like a cycling helmet and uses sensors and cameras to map its environs, sending information to a cloud server to be processed by AI technology. The information can be communicated through speech, helping blind people and those with visual impairments to navigate streets, recognise objects and negotiate traffic lights and crossings.<\/p>\n

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Loud and clear: the cognitive hearing aid.<\/span>\u00a0Photograph: Columbia University<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Next-generation hearing aid<\/h2>\n
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