Multimedia Gallery
November 12, 2020
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A wearable sensor to help ALS patients communicate
Researchers have designed a stretchable, skin-like device that can be attached to a patient’s face and can measure small movements such as a twitch or a smile. Using this approach, patients with ALS, for example, could communicate customizable messages and a variety of sentiments, such as “I love you” or “I’m hungry,” with small movements that are measured and interpreted by the device. The work was done by a research team at MIT with funding from the MIT Media Lab Consortium, National Science Foundation, and the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering.
Credit: Conformable Decoders/MIT Media Lab
Images and other media in the National Science Foundation Multimedia Gallery are available for use in print and electronic material by NSF employees, members of the media, university staff, teachers and the general public. All media in the gallery are intended for personal, educational and nonprofit/non-commercial use only.
Videos credited to the National Science Foundation, an agency of the U.S. Government, may be distributed freely. However, some materials within the videos may be copyrighted. If you would like to use portions of NSF-produced programs in another product, please contact the Video Team in the Office of Legislative and Public Affairs at the National Science Foundation.
Additional information about general usage can be found in Conditions.