The Paraplegic and Quadriplegic Assoc of Queensland will be holding seminars to demonstrate Control Bionics systems.
Peter Shann-Ford is an Australian based in Washington and Ireland – for the past 20 years, and has been developing computer-based communications to bypass profound physical disabilities, including extreme cases of quadriplegia, ALS, CP and high-coma.
In the past six months, after more than five years’ specific R&D computer-based communications has developed a reliable, versatile nerve-controlled communications program that runs on a standard PC – using nerve signals captured by an electromyograph (EMG) monitor developed in the States for rehabilitation.
Control Bionics uses nerve signals to control a personal computer. These signals are generated in every muscle of the body. They are often generated in muscles that are paralysed – too weak to control the muscle, but clear enough to be detected and therefore harnessed as a communication tool.
In this way, Control Bionics provides a communication and control tool to people who may be profoundly paralysed – with high spinal cord lesions, closed head injuries, or other trauma or conditions that render them unable to move most parts of their bodies.
Control Bionics uses off-the-shelf technology and innovative software – Neurospace Communicators – to bypass obstacles to human communication and control.
Seminar times for Thursday 11/09/03 are:
1:00pm for Members
2:30pm for Community Organisations
For more information contact PQAQ.
Tele: (07) 3391 2044
Fax: (07) 3391 2088
Web: http://www.pqaq.com.au
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