Product Comparison Chart: Medical Robots
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Archive For June, 2014
VR Lab Provides Relief for Warriors and Their Families – Tripler Army Medical Center Uses Next Generation Treatments for Stress and Pain
➣ By Melba C. Stetz et al. The National Institute of Mental Health reports that over five million individuals in the United States suffer annually from stress. In 2007, the…read more →
Virtual Reality in Eating Disorders and Obesity
➣ By Giuseppe Riva & Enrico Molinari Different new technologies have been introduced over the last few years that are increasingly finding application in health care delivery for patients with…read more →
The Decade of the Handheld: Optimizing Outcomes for the Handheld Generation
➣ By Linda A. Jackson & Alex Games You see them here. You see them there. It seems you see them everywhere. Sometimes they’re held against the ear, sometimes they‘re…read more →
Product Comparison Chart: Handhelds and Mobile Health Services
With the growing popularity of the iPhone, more and more consumers are being exposed to the mobile health world. Handhelds and mobile health services have the ability to revolutionize the…read more →
Interactive Mind-Driven Rehabilitation
➣ By Zheng Xiaoxiang Active rehabilitation is a new but widely recognized solution for patients with neurological disorders. In active rehabilitation, patients perform actively in training therapy to ensure the…read more →
New Mobile Platforms Launch iRehab Applications
➣ ➣ ➣ By Lingjun Kong There is no doubt that the wireless revolution has had a remarkable impact on society and people worldwide. Inevitably, this technological trend has…read more →
MindMentor “Robot Psychologist” acts as Online Mental Coach
By Jaap Hollander In 2006 Dutch psychologists started developing MindMentor, an online computer program that acts as a mental coach. To state it in a more popular fashion: they developed…read more →
Robotic Arm Exoskeletons for Rehabilitation
By Craig Carignan Exoskeletons have been gaining increasing notoriety in the media for their superhuman strength capabilities on display in several Hollywood blockbuster hits. In the 1986 epic “Aliens,” Captain…read more →
“How Was Your Day?” Virtual Agents as Companions
By Marc Cavazza Recent progress in affective dialogue systems makes it possible to consider a new application for Embodied Conversational Agents (ECA), which can become virtual companions to their users.…read more →