{"60941":{"#nid":"60941","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Tongue Drive System Selected as 2010 da Vinci Awards Finalist","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Tongue Drive System, developed at the Georgia Institute of Technology, is one of 17 innovations selected as 2010 da Vinci Awards\u00ae finalists. The da Vinci Awards is a prestigious international forum recognizing the latest developments and research in adaptive and assistive technologies that enable equal access and opportunity for all people, regardless of ability.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EDeveloped by Georgia Tech School of Electrical and Computer Engineering assistant professor Maysam Ghovanloo and his students in the GT-Bionics Lab, the Tongue Drive System is an assistive technology that enables individuals with high-level spinal cord injuries to maneuver a powered wheelchair or control a mouse cursor using simple tongue movements. The research team is currently preparing for their second round of clinical trials on the Tongue Drive System, which will be conducted at the Shepherd Center in Atlanta and the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAs a finalist in the prosthetics\/orthotics\/controls category, the Tongue Drive System is eligible for the special \u0022Leo\u0022 People\u0027s Choice Award presented to the finalist receiving the highest number of \u0022thumbs up\u0022 votes for its YouTube video. Create or log into a YouTube account to vote for the Tongue Drive System\u2019s video: \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/bit.ly\/tonguedrive\u0022 title=\u0022http:\/\/bit.ly\/tonguedrive\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/bit.ly\/tonguedrive\u003C\/a\u003E. Voting ends at midnight on Sunday, Sept. 26, 2010.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe da Vinci Awards were named after Leonardo da Vinci because of his documented talents as an inventor, philosopher, engineer, architect and artist. Finalists representing the U.S., Canada and Denmark were chosen from entries received from around the world. The awards were created by and benefit the National Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Society\u0027s Michigan Chapter.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFinalists and their innovative technologies will be honored on Sept. 30, 2010 at a special awards event at the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan, with the 2010 da Vinci Award winners announced live that evening. Tickets and additional information about the gala are available at \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.davinciawards.org\/about\/overview\u0022 title=\u0022http:\/\/www.davinciawards.org\/about\/overview\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.davinciawards.org\/about\/overview\u003C\/a\u003E. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ETo read more about the Tongue Drive System, visit \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/gtresearchnews.gatech.edu\/tonguedrive2\/\u0022 title=\u0022http:\/\/gtresearchnews.gatech.edu\/tonguedrive2\/\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/gtresearchnews.gatech.edu\/tonguedrive2\/\u003C\/a\u003E and \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/gtresearchnews.gatech.edu\/tonguedrive\/\u0022 title=\u0022http:\/\/gtresearchnews.gatech.edu\/tonguedrive\/\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/gtresearchnews.gatech.edu\/tonguedrive\/\u003C\/a\u003E.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Vote for the Tongue Drive System to Win the \u0022Leo\u201d People\u2019s Choice Award"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Tongue Drive System, which was developed at Georgia Tech, is one of 17 innovations selected as 2010 da Vinci Awards\u00ae finalists. By giving its YouTube video a \u0022thumbs up\u0022 vote, you can help it win the \u0022Leo\u0022 People\u0027s Choice Award!\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Vote for Tongue Drive System to Win the \u0022Leo\u201d People\u2019s Choice Award."}],"uid":"27206","created_gmt":"2010-09-13 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:07:23","author":"Abby Vogel Robinson","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2010-09-13T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2010-09-13T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"60942":{"id":"60942","type":"image","title":"Cruise Bogle Tongue Drive System clinical trial","body":null,"created":"1449176296","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:58:16","changed":"1475894531","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:42:11","alt":"Cruise Bogle Tongue Drive System clinical trial","file":{"fid":"191240","name":"tsf93567.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tsf93567_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tsf93567_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1416823,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/tsf93567_0.jpg?itok=qaT9mZ_9"}},"60943":{"id":"60943","type":"image","title":"Cruise Bogle Tongue Drive System team","body":null,"created":"1449176296","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:58:16","changed":"1475894531","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:42:11","alt":"Cruise Bogle Tongue Drive System team","file":{"fid":"191241","name":"tbe93567.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tbe93567_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tbe93567_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1543373,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/tbe93567_0.jpg?itok=eXdJptIE"}}},"media_ids":["60942","60943"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/bit.ly\/tonguedrive","title":"Leo Award - YouTube Video"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.ece.gatech.edu\/faculty-staff\/fac_profiles\/bio.php?id=147","title":"Maysam Ghovanloo"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.ece.gatech.edu\/","title":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"}],"groups":[{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"360","name":"accessibility"},{"id":"4369","name":"assistive technology"},{"id":"10634","name":"da vinci awards"},{"id":"8782","name":"Tongue Drive System"},{"id":"1652","name":"wheelchair"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbby Vogel Robinson\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EResearch News and Publications\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=avogel6\u0022\u003EContact Abby Vogel Robinson\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404-385-3364\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["abby@innovate.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}