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October 1, 2008
Submitted by art on Thu, 2008-10-02 07:14.
This patent suggests the use of riluzole, an ALS drug, for MS would be useful. In an attempt to find out who the inventor is, I found an MS researcher of the same name who looked at riluzole back in 2005.
It isn't clear if this is something someone is actively pursuing, or just one of those "my institute wants me to file some patents" things.
Submitted by art on Thu, 2008-10-02 07:13.
A group at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has invented a wheelchair with all the self-navigating abilities of a GPS device.
Only instead of being inhibited by the need for a satellite signal like a GPS device, MIT said Friday, the location-aware wheelchair uses Wi-Fi and can work indoors.
Just like with a GPS navigator, the wheelchair has programmed favorites. Better yet, it works by voice recognition so you don't have to type in a request.