{"64578":{"#nid":"64578","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Tongue Drive System Wins People\u0027s Choice Prize at 2010 da Vinci Awards","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EChosen from a field of 17 finalists, Maysam Ghovanloo and his research team in the GT-Bionics Lab won the inaugural \u0022Leo\u0022 People\u0027s Choice Award at the 2010 da Vinci Awards, held on September 30 at the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Mich. The da Vinci Awards is a prestigious international forum that recognizes 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\u003EA finalist in the prosthetics\/orthotics\/controls category, Dr. Ghovanloo and his team from the Georgia Institute of Technology received the highest number of \u0022thumbs up\u0022 votes for their YouTube video about their work on the Tongue Drive System, 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. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EDr. Ghovanloo is an assistant professor in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Georgia Tech who specializes in biomedical device development. His main goal for participating in this competition was to promote the use of the most advanced microelectronics technologies in the field of assistive devices and rehabilitation engineering. The Tongue Drive System utilizes the latest in magnetic sensing technology combined with ultra low power RF transceivers, advanced signal processing algorithms, and smartphones.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Sometimes when you ask our students about assistive devices, the first things that come to their minds are their grandma\u2019s cane or the old manual wheelchair that they once saw at a hospital,\u0022 said Dr. Ghovanloo, who also leads the GT-Bionics Lab at Georgia Tech. \u0022The Tongue Drive System draws a totally different picture in the students\u0027 minds about assistive technologies and their associated field of rehabilitation engineering. Whenever I get a chance, I never hesitate to remind my students that there are very few other areas in engineering in which they can leave such a great impact in the lives of a group of human beings.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe da Vinci Awards is a prestigious international forum that recognizes the latest developments and research in adaptive and assistive technologies that enable equal access and opportunity for all people, regardless of ability. 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\u003EThe Tongue Drive System video may still be viewed on the da Vinci Awards YouTube channel at \u003CA href=\u0022http:\/\/bit.ly\/tonguedrive\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/bit.ly\/tonguedrive\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\u003Ehttp:\/\/gtresearchnews.gatech.edu\/tonguedrive2\/\u003C\/a\u003E  and \u003CA href=\u0022http:\/\/gtresearchnews.gatech.edu\/tonguedrive\/\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/gtresearchnews.gatech.edu\/tonguedrive\/\u003C\/a\u003E.\n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"Chosen from a field of 17 finalists, ECE Assistant Professor Maysam Ghovanloo and his research team in the GT-Bionics Lab won the inaugural \u0022Leo\u0022 People\u0027s Choice Award at the 2010 da Vinci Awards, held on September 30 at the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Mich. 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