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This is an interesting alternative to some of the options available for head control or eyepointing. Similar solutions designed on an idiosyncratic basis have had success for people with complex physcial needs or Cerebral Palsy.
























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invisiblebloke Computer access using the tongue 0 Aug 29 2008, 6:04 AM EDT by invisiblebloke
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Scientists at the Georgia Institute of Technology in the US have developed a way of controlling a computer with the tongue. A tiny magnet is implanted in the user's tongue. Its movements are traced by an array of sensors mounted on a headset or even on an orthodontic brace inside the mouth. The Tongue Drive system, as it's called, can be used to direct a cursor across a computer screen or steer an electronic wheelchair, amongst a whole range of other potential uses. Read more about it at:

http://gtresearchnews.gatech.edu/newsrelease/tongue-drive.htm

http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/221043/scientists-lick-the-tonguecontrolled-computer.html
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