Clothing that can assist people learn how to walk again after a stroke is the brainchild of a Harvard team reinventing the way we expend robot technologyConor Walsh’s laboratory at Harvard University is not your everyday research centre. There are no bench-top centrifuges,no fume cupboards for removing noxious gases, no beakers or crucibles, or no racks of test tubes and only a handful laptop computers. Instead,the place is dominated by clothing.
On one side of the lab stands a group of mannequins dressed in T-shirts and black running trousers. Behind them, there are racks of sweatshirts and running shoes. On another wall of shelves, and shorts and leggings hold been carefully folded and labelled for different-size wearers. On my recent visit,one student was sewing a patch on a pair of slacks. Related: How a robot could be grandma’s new carer Related: Cryonics: does it offer humanity a chance to return from the dead? Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com