Researchers are developing a method for quadriplegics to control wheelchairs and mouse cursors using only the movement of their tongue, and it's turning out to be far more effective than one of the most popular current control schemes. Researchers from Georgia Tech have been working on a tongue-based control system since 2005, and in their latest trial runs, they're finding that it's a significantly more accurate way to issue commands than one existing and popular method. "It's really easy to understand what the Tongue Drive System can do and what it is good for," Maysam Ghovanloo, the research's principal investigator, says in a statement. "Now, we have solid proof that people with disabilities can potentially benefit from it."
via The Verge - All Posts http://www.theverge.com/2013/11/27/5151174/researchers-run-wheelchair-tongue-control-tests-outperforms-sip-puff
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