Dava Newman is professor of aeronautics and astronautics and engineering systems at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). She has been working to develop a new type of space suit. Currently space suits are like balloons. They are filled with pressurized gas to provide the astronaut with both oxygen and also positive pressure to counter … Read more
Some extremely important work is being done by Grégoire Courtine, a neuroscientist at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne. His group has achieved the very important milestone of being able to rehabilitate a rat to walk again after causing hind leg paralysis by near complete severing of the spine. This type of injury is … Read more
Here is an article that deserves a read. We have personal experience with Anat Baniel because she treated our daughter about 10 years ago. Our experience says that $3,000 per week can probably be spent better elsewhere, however, for a very mild case of CP, any type of movement therapy can help. However, any type … Read more
The Iron Man movies have made Exoskeleton Suits a popular idea. However, Exoskeleton Suits are not only for Marvel Super-Heroes and the military. With the use of computer assistance or even Artificial Intelligence, an Exoskeleton Suit can serve the purpose of a physical therapists’ that works 24×7. Here is my Hypothesis: 1.) Brain plasticity is possible … Read more