ZURICH — It was a virtual running race with obstacles. But it was no ordinary computer game. Competitors controlled their race avatars on the screen using only their thoughts and no other body movement. Their thoughts were translated into virtual action through a cap with multiple electrodes fitted on their head. Much like athletes in shooting […]
ZURICH — Cybathlon, the-first of-its-kind competition for disabled participants that will use assistive technology, will take place Saturday. Except unlike Olympic or Paralympic Games, robotic technology will be the focus of Cybathlon and not athletic prowess. Think F1, where pit crews and racing drivers work together to win the races. In Cybathlon, “pilots” will replace […]
Paralympic long jump champion, Markus Rehm, is leaping towards victory, and proving his doubters wrong along the way. After findings collected from a study by the German Sport University were observed, researchers deemed the results inconclusive concerning Rehm’s use of a prosthetic blade. With help from the University of Colorado and the National Institute of […]
When I was in third grade, my teacher asked our class to come up with an invention that no one had ever seen before. Naturally, possessing a childlike imagination not yet sullied by the reality of the adult world, I drew a picture of rocket-powered rollerblades, an idea that I shamelessly stole from an episode […]
