Gadget could be an aid for the elderly
<p><span word="Download">Download</span></p><p><span word="Ever">Ever</span> <span word="wished">wished</span> <span word="you">you</span> <span word="could">could</span> <span word="ring">ring</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="friend">friend</span> <span word="just">just</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="winking">winking</span>, <span word="or">or</span> <span word="turn">turn</span> <span word="off">off</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="light">light</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="yawning">yawning</span> <span word="but">but</span> <span word="without">without</span> <span word="getting">getting</span> <span word="out">out</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="bed">bed</span>?</p><p><span word="Researchers">Researchers</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="Nankai">Nankai</span> <span word="University">University</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Tianjin">Tianjin</span> <span word="say">say</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="worked">worked</span> <span word="out">out</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="remote">remote</span>-<span word="control">control</span> <span word="gadget">gadget</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="can">can</span> <span word="send">send</span> <span word="simple">simple</span> <span word="instructions">instructions</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="cell">cell</span> <span word="phones">phones</span>, <span word="lights">lights</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="other">other</span> <span word="modified">modified</span> <span word="devices">devices</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="facial">facial</span> <span word="expression">expression</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="gadget">gadget</span>, <span word="which">which</span> <span word="includes">includes</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="headphone">headphone</span>-<span word="like">like</span> <span word="brainwave">brainwave</span> <span word="scanner">scanner</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="receiver">receiver</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="connects">connects</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="laptop">laptop</span>, <span word="can">can</span> <span word="read">read</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="user">user</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="mind">mind</span>. <span word="Software">Software</span> <span word="installed">installed</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="laptop">laptop</span> <span word="then">then</span> <span word="instructs">instructs</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="preselected">preselected</span> <span word="cell">cell</span> <span word="phone">phone</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="ring">ring</span>, <span word="said">said</span> <span word="Duan">Duan</span> <span word="Feng">Feng</span>, <span word="associate">associate</span> <span word="professor">professor</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="university">university</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="automation">automation</span> <span word="department">department</span>.</p><p><span word="Duan">Duan</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="such">such</span> <span word="control">control</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="possible">possible</span> <span word="because">because</span> <span word="when">when</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="move">move</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="muscles">muscles</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="generate">generate</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="kind">kind</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="surface">surface</span> <span word="signal">signal</span>, <span word="recording">recording</span> <span word="muscle">muscle</span> <span word="activity">activity</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="signal">signal</span> <span word="alters">alters</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="you">you</span> <span word="change">change</span> <span word="muscle">muscle</span> <span word="groups">groups</span>, <span word="which">which</span> <span word="can">can</span> <span word="help">help</span> <span word="distinguish">distinguish</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="part">part</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="muscle">muscle</span> <span word="being">being</span> <span word="used">used</span>.</p><p><span word="Hao">Hao</span> <span word="Chao">Chao</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="graduate">graduate</span> <span word="student">student</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Duan">Duan</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="laboratory">laboratory</span>, <span word="demonstrated">demonstrated</span> <span word="how">how</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="gadget">gadget</span> <span word="works">works</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="China">China</span> <span word="Daily">Daily</span>, <span word="by">by</span> <span word="putting">putting</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="headphones">headphones</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="several">several</span> <span word="antennas">antennas</span>.</p><p><span word="His">His</span> <span word="cell">cell</span> <span word="phone">phone</span> <span word="automatically">automatically</span> <span word="started">started</span> <span word="calling">calling</span> <span word="Duan">Duan</span> <span word="without">without</span> <span word="him">him</span> <span word="touching">touching</span> <span word="it">it</span>.</p><p><span word="Duan">Duan</span>, 35, <span word="said">said</span>, "<span word="This">This</span> <span word="device">device</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="helpful">helpful</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="need">need</span> <span word="remote">remote</span> <span word="control">control</span>, <span word="such">such</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="elderly">elderly</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="disabled">disabled</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="those">those</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="difficulties">difficulties</span> <span word="speaking">speaking</span>."</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="price">price</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="also">also</span> <span word="affordable">affordable</span>, <span word="he">he</span> <span word="said">said</span>, <span word="with">with</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="major">major</span> <span word="cost">cost</span> <span word="being">being</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="brain">brain</span> <span word="scanner">scanner</span>, <span word="which">which</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="about">about</span> 2,000 <span word="yuan">yuan</span> ($322).</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="method">method</span> <span word="can">can</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="applied">applied</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="other">other</span> <span word="circumstances">circumstances</span> <span word="such">such</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="computer">computer</span> <span word="game">game</span>, <span word="which">which</span> <span word="uses">uses</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="brain">brain</span> <span word="scanner">scanner</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="joystick">joystick</span>.</p>
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