social network may appear in Russia for paralyzed – Vademecum (Walk With Me)

23/03/2016 00:32

The Russian social network may appear to paralyzed

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In 2016, Russian for patients who have lost as a result of stroke, the ability to speak and move, can run a social network "Neyrochat", by which they can, using special devices to communicate with each other and with others.

This is reported by "News" with reference to the project manager and the CEO of "Neyrotrend" Natalia Galkina.

According to her, up to 450 million new strokes annually registered in Russia, which resulted in 85% of victims are disabled. About 4 million patients thus need means of communication without voice and movement: it is necessary for their rehabilitation, socialization and inclusion in acceptable forms of socially useful work

«Our goal - to enable people without speech and movements to communicate. between themselves and interested in their fate the people in a specialized social network through ergonomic neyrointerfeysnogo complex ", - explained Galkina

The specialist said that the patient interface will consist of the screen, processor, router, wireless headsets in the form of the head. bandage with electrodes. This headset will read human brain waves and convert it to a specific team.

The estimated cost of the project is 133 million rubles, of which one-third of developers plan to attract extra-budgetary sources. Implementation of the project is expected to be held in 2016-2018 respectively.

The project "Neyrochat" developed as part of the "road map» NeuroNet «National Technology Initiative" (NTI), approved by the Presidium of the Council in the last year under President for economic modernization and innovative development, headed by Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev. Total Board approved four "road maps" STI: AutoNet, NeuroNet, MarinNet and AERONET, the realization of which the budget has been allocated about 9 billion rubles

Development of unique simulators for the rehabilitation of stroke patients, are also involved scientists. Rnrmu them. NI Pirogov. Late last year, experts presented a robotic exoskeleton controlled via the interface "brain - computer»

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