Sensory Substitution for Wounded Servicemembers

Abstract

Warfighters who suffer combat, training or accidental injuries that damage their sensory capabilities or mobility have great difficulty returning to productive lifestyles once healed from the initial trauma. This project advanced technologies for non-invasive sensory and mobility augmentation in order to allow these individuals to regain hope and social, productive lifestyles. We addressed the needs of these wounded warriors through evaluation of current sensory substitution technology, identification of specific injured servicemember requirements for sensory augmentation, development and demonstration of new sensory substitution techniques and application of these techniques to mobility enhancing devices to improve their usability.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 28, 2009
Accession Number
ADA508807

Entities

People

  • Anil Raj

Organizations

  • Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Biomechanical Phenomena
  • Brain Injuries
  • Casualties
  • Circuit Boards
  • Computer Programming
  • Computers
  • Control Systems
  • Graphical User Interface
  • Health Services
  • Human Factors Engineering
  • Human-Machine Interaction
  • Joints (Anatomy)
  • Medical Personnel
  • Motion Capture
  • Network Protocols
  • Software Agents
  • Training

Readers

  • Economics
  • Gulf War Illness and Chronic Multisymptom Illness in Veterans.
  • Robotics and Automation.