After a diving accident left Jason DiSanto paralyzed from the neck down in 2009, he had to learn how to navigate life from a powered wheelchair, which he controls with a sip-and-puff system. Users sip ...
From fashion statement to ... wheelchair controller? In an advance that promises to improve the lives of the more than 250,000 people in the United States who are paralyzed from the neck down, ...
Accident victim Jason DiSanto is helping develop the new chair with the Georgia Institute of Technology It uses a headset and a magnet embedded in the user%27s tongue ...
After a diving accident left Jason Disanto paralyzed from the neck down in 2009, he had to learn how to navigate life from a powered wheelchair, which he controls with a sip-and-puff system. Users sip ...
Most people who are quadriplegics use sip-and-puff wheelchairs; they blow or suck into a straw to direct their chairs. But movement is limited to left, right, forward, and backward. New technology ...
Jason DiSanto of Marietta was paralyzed 4 1/2 years ago after a diving accident in a backyard pool. Not long after he started rehab at the Shepherd Center, he signed up for trials of a ...
When IndyCar driver Sam Schmidt lost of the use of his arms and legs after a racing accident 15 years ago, he thought he would never drive again. Earlier this year, however, Schmidt did the seemingly ...
In an advance that promises to improve the lives of the more than 250,000 people in the United States who are paralyzed from the neck down, researchers announced on Wednesday that they have developed ...
As Hilary Lister, a quadriplegic sailor from Great Britain, glides alone on her quest to circle much of the U.K, she's using what inventor Steve Alvey calls "the most sophisticated controls for a boat ...
A teenager with cerebral palsy is sailing over 400 miles in a specially developed boat which she controls - by blowing through a tube. Inspirational Natasha Lambert, 17, uses a 'sip and puff' system, ...