Category Archives: Carers
Gadget lets you control computer with your eyes
A researcher in London has created a low-cost device which allows wearers to use their eye movements to control a computer
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By Tom Levitt, for CNN
September 24, 2012 — Updated 0848 GMT (1648 HKT) |
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- New low-cost glasses allow you a wearer to control gadgets, even objects with their eyes
- Eye-tracking equipment could help Multiple Sclerosis and other brain disorders
- Technology could start a new era of hands-free computing
(CNN) — Take two video-game console cameras and one pair of horn-rimmed glasses and for around $30 you have a device that will allow you to control a computer or, potentially, even a wheelchair with your eyes.
Previously, if you wanted to buy similar eye-tracking equipment it would have cost you upwards of $8,000. Now, scientists in London have pioneered a device, the GT3D, using components anyone of us can buy from the shopping mall.
Big names step out to fight dementia in London
Big names step out to fight dementia in London
Published 24 September 2012
Award winning actress Carey Mulligan was just one of the stars that joined people from across London to fight dementia at Alzheimer’s Society’s flagship fundraising event, Memory Walk.
She was joined by creator of Thunderbirds, Gerry Anderson and his son Jamie Anderson and the Director of Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll, Mat Whitecross.
London based Carey is well known for her roles in films such as An Education, Drive, Shame and Never Let Me Go. She and Gerry delivered motivating speeches before setting the walkers off at Battersea Park.
Hundreds people stepped out to take part in the London Memory Walk and over £50,000 is estimated to have been raised to help local people with dementia and their carers.
Primary care holds the key to raising quality of dementia patients' lives
New campaign launches to tackle dementia stigma and drive concerned people to consult their GP
In recent years dementia has fallen into the healthcare spotlight and will remain there for some time as our ageing population continues to grow and, as a result, the number of people with dementia rises.
This increase in the number of people with dementia is also due to the ability to better diagnose the disorder – although England’s diagnosis rate remains quite low at 42%, on average.
Without a diagnosis as a starting point, people are denied access to support, help and potential treatments that can help them live well with dementia.
Timely diagnosis requires a committed focus, and so a new Department of Health awareness campaign, supported by the Alzheimer’s Society, starts this month.
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