Xbox and P5 glove modified to help stroke patients

Researchers at Rutgers University don't seem to have lost any of their homebrew skills, taking an Xbox and an Essential Reality P5 gaming glove to create a low-cost alternative to traditional virtual reality rehabilitation systems -- systems which can cost up to ten times as much. This project uses some custom-made software to deliver exercises designed to help stroke patients regain hand movement, with one "game" consisting of wiping "dirty pixels" off four vertical bars, while another asks the patient to make a fist fast enough to scare a butterfly off the screen. Of course, the system isn't quite up to snuff with the more expensive options -- it has poorer accuracy and no force feedback, for instance -- but the researchers say it could still be a boon to clinics that can't afford the pricier gear and could even potentially be further modified to allow for home-care with monitoring via an Internet connection.

[Via BoingBoing]

[eskwyre @ Aug 30th 2006 7:52PM]

....is it me or i have reallly naughty thoughts in my head on where this kinda technology can go if it takes off.

[01dmeng @ Aug 30th 2006 8:01PM]

Is it just me or does it look like he is watching porn?

[ronnie @ Aug 30th 2006 8:06PM]

Is there anything a modded xbox can't do?

[k0an @ Aug 30th 2006 8:26PM]

Here is something for the XBOX that is similar that is actually naughty:

http://www.tinynibbles.com/blogarchives/2006/08/xbox_teledildon.html

[kOa7 @ Aug 30th 2006 8:46PM]

Is it me or do I think of engadget readers growing older, or people they know being more affected by physical & mental impediments (you know, like having a stroke), and focusing more on enhancements to lifestyles and existence and they stop making such catty remarks about anything that isn't click and drool? Post the teledildonic orgasm, I mean. Then we form the communal brain and ... ok, I just pinched myself.

[RacetrackOwner @ Aug 30th 2006 8:47PM]

01dmeng, where do you think "dirty pixels" come from???

[Teh N00b @ Aug 30th 2006 9:06PM]

whatever noob ps3 can cure cancer :P

[Bobby @ Aug 30th 2006 9:13PM]

I love the powerglove...

It's so bad.

[Scarlet Knight @ Aug 30th 2006 10:51PM]

Wow I know this guy. This project is actually really cool. It is really cool and they are working harder to make it more accurate and precise.
Like the article says it is really cheap!!

[andrew harrison @ Aug 30th 2006 11:05PM]

"Xbox and P5 glove modified to help stroke patients"

what, you couldn't stroke patients with a glove before it was modified?

[David @ Aug 31st 2006 12:06AM]

suuurrrreeee scarlett.... suuurrrreeee you know this guy.. There's always gotta be one "I know this *person*" on every post. Seriously...its getting old. That, and the "this is old news" post.

[brandon_r87 @ Aug 31st 2006 12:06AM]

Email them and tell them to get a tutorial up on xbox-scene!

[Rene @ Aug 31st 2006 2:28AM]

I think he is watching porn ;-)

[DarkFader @ Aug 31st 2006 3:00AM]

"Is there anything a modded xbox can't do?"

I bet you cannot make it rumble itself from your desk because it doesn't have rumble motors within and it would be too heavy.

[Aaron @ Aug 31st 2006 6:46AM]

"I love the powerglove...

It's so bad."

Hahahaha, classic quote, nice job.

Anyway, this is cool. Xboxes are reasonably powerful computers for a low price, I'm glad to see something helpful is being done with them.

[Charles @ Sep 1st 2006 5:49AM]

this is very useless if its not very acurate...