Kinect Hack Helps Treat Phantom Limb Syndrome - morganknor1997

Kinect hacks are a dime a dozen these days, but this one has a health-care deform. A drudge named Benjamin Blundell is victimisation a Kinect, a exercise set of VR goggles, and some gyroscopes to supporte care for patients effected by shadow limb syndrome.

Phantom limb patients are often treated using a mirror box. The idea is to enjoyment a observation of the remaining limb to fool the mastermind into thinking that the amputated arm is still there. This allows patients to "incite" the phantom limb and "unclench" it from imagined bitter positions. Ben's method works on a similar rationale, but he decided to habit a decidedly more hi-tech method acting.

<p>Your web browser does non support iframes.</p>

As laid out in his television explaining the jut, Blundell's high-topped-tech method has or s advantages o'er the time-honored treatment. As an alternative of simulating the lacking tree branch with a mirror, Blundell's method acting puts patients into a virtual room where, using the Kinect and the VR goggles, patients tail end interact with the environment using an entire virtual body onscreen.

Just the likes of in the traditional arrangement, the Kinect treatment can mirror the patient's branch effort, only sensors attached to the amputated fortify also allow for extraordinary measure of independent control. This testament hopefully make over a more natural illusion for the mind and make for more intuitive treatment.

The new system hasn't gone through extensive medical testing withal, and then it's too early to call the method a complete success. But anecdotally, Blundell's freshman test subject reported a significant decrease in pain. The project, and paper, have been accepted to the GRAPP conference on computer artwork, so hopefully we'll hear more about this treatment in the near upcoming.

[Vimeo, Hack a 24-hour interval]