Domains of Activity
Virtual Reality for Rehabilitation
VR as an intervention tool for the rehabilitation of individuals with physical or cognitive deficits.
Sample Studies |
Equipment / Software |
Recent Funding |
- Effect of interactive virtual environment training on independent safe street crossing of right CVA patients with unilateral spatial neglect and deficits of attention and spatial perception.
- Adaptation and evaluation of immersive virtual reality for the rehabilitation of patients with cognitive and motor disabilities.
- A living environments model for the planning, design and assessment of optimal home and work settings for people with physical disabilities.
- VR as a leisure time activity for the improvement of self-esteem and empowerment for people with cerebral palsy & mental retardation.
|
- VividGroup Gesture Xtreme projected VR
- Fifth Dimension Technology Head Mount Display
- Intersense InterTrax2 3-D ultrasonic-based position sensor
- Virtual classroom and Virtual Office programs developed via "Open Inventor" software
- Haptic pointing device
- Desktop street-crossing environment developed via Superscape webmaster software
- EON Reality Living Environments simulation
|
- Keren Shalem
- Koniver Foundation
- Israeli Ministry of Health
- Israeli Ministry of
- Keren Rothschild - Yad Hanadiv
- Fondation Ida et Avrohom Baruch
- Israeli Foundation for Spinal Cord Injured due to Gunshot
|
Novel Computer Access Interfaces
Development and evaluation of novel computer access interfaces that enable individuals with severe physical disabilities to use their residual motor abilities in more efficient and less fatiguing ways.
Sample Studies |
Equipment / Software |
Recent Funding |
- Isometric force control as a tracking strategy and adapted access method.
- Mouse manipulation through single-switch scanning.
- Adaptation of augmentative and alternative communication materials into Hebrew and Arabic.
|
- Customized data collection apparatus for isometric force scanning
- Visual Dynamic Keyboard
- Accessibility switches
- Adapted keyboards
|
Israeli Ministry of Science and Technology
Bloorview Children's Hospital Foundation (Canada)
Gimprich Family Foundation |
Computerized Handwriting Evaluation
Objective handwriting product and process evaluation.
Sample Studies |
Equipment / Software |
Recent Funding |
- Handwriting evaluation for developmental dysgraphia: Process versus product
- The "In Air" phenomenon: handwriting trajectories above the writing surface
- Advanced algorithms for dynamic handwriting analysis
|
- POET (Penmanship Objective Evaluation Tool) Software
- WACOM A4 and A5 digitizers
- MATLAB data collection and analysis software
|
- Keren Ezvonot
- Israeli Ministry of Education
|
Sonification
The use of speech and non-speech audio display to convey information normally displayed visually on a computer screen.
Sample Studies |
Equipment / Software |
Recent Funding |
- Audio interfaces for mobile and "visionless" computing: Sonification as an alternative to visual feedback for users with no or minimal access to traditional monitor displays.
|
- Customized algebraic and geometric auditory display and data collection software
|
- Alter-Sosnowsky Foundation
|
Online/Distance Learning and Telerehabilitation
Development and evaluation of applications of online and distance learning for teaching health care professionals at the university and for continuing education and for people with disabilities.
Sample Studies |
Equipment / Software |
Recent Funding |
- Shifting attitudes towards the communication abilities of non-speaking children via an on-line course.
- Development of an online learning course on Ergonomics for occupational therapy students.
- Evaluation of synchronous distance learning applications for continuing education.
- Development of Virtual Laboratory for Assistive Technology
|
- Customized courseware applications
|
- Keren Rothschild - Yad Hanadiv
- Israeli Ministry of Education
|
|
