VR to improve walking in Parkinson Disease patients

MediGait, a Haifa (Israel) based company founded by a former NASA researcher, released a virtual reality training tool aimed to improve walking ability in patients suffering from Parkinson Disease (PD) and other movement disorders.
A mobile phone (a big one, though) sized black box and a set of VR HMD glasses form the product, named GaitAid, [...]

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JVC launching a 3D HDTV

Almost exactly a year after 3D@Home was created and proclaimed its field of action, JVC (not a member) is at the point of launching its first HDTV LCD with 3D support.
The GD-463D10 is a 46-inch LCD HDTV with a native 1,920 x 1080 resolution, 2,000:1 contrast ratio and integrated twin ten-watt speakers. It will be [...]

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Virtual weightlifting with Riiflex

There is an episode of the Simpsons where Bart, after having refused to mow the lawn (or some similar demonstration of total lack of interest for housework), is seen playing not the Virtual Lawn Mower, but the Virtual Virtual Lawn Mower!
Silly Groening? No, not at all. If any of you ever thought about what's the [...]

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Vuzix Works with iPhone

Vuzix announced yesterday a new Apple certified cable that allows connecting its Eyewear products to iPhone.
The cable obtained the 'Works with iPhone' certification and is ready for the market. It will be bundled with the company's iWear AV230XL, but will also be available for all current Vuzix Video Eyewear customers for only $39.95. It's intended [...]

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NVIDIA announces ION-based PCs for the Q2

After a several months long saga (more details on Engadget) about common and separate strategies of NVIDIA and Intel, maybe today we are getting closer to a clue : NVIDIA states in a press release that the first PCs based on their ION platform are planned for the Q2 of this year.
NVIDIA is also claiming [...]

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