A wearable sensor to help ALS patients communicate

(Massachusetts Institute of Technology) MIT researchers have designed a skin-like device that can be attached to the face and measure small movements such as a twitch or a smile. With this approach, patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) could communicate a variety of sentiments with small movements that are measured and interpreted by the device.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news