The software that allows Stephen Hawking, famous scientist suffering from Lou Gehrig’s disease talk is a open source.
With Ice Bucket challenge or the challenge of the bucket of ice water, ALS or Lou Gehrig’s disease has become a little more familiar to the general public. The world-renowned scientist Stephen Hawking is also affected by this rare disease, which is characterized by the progressive degeneration and death of motor neurons responsible for the functioning of muscles, resulting in paralysis of the limbs. This neurological disease rapidly progressive and usually fatal directly attacks the nerve cells (neurons) responsible for controlling voluntary muscles.
Heavily handicapped Stephen Hawking lost the ability to speak, but he communicates with the outside world through software developed by computer company Intel in the late 90s.
Now available for all, the ACAT software (Assistive Context-Aware Toolkit) Intel is a Open- source and it could improve the lives of millions of people with disabilities.
To improve the lives of patients, Emfasys company has designed a device developed in September 2014 EyeSwitch. Switching light or television will soon be possible thanks to a simple blink of the eye. Indeed, the Japanese company Emfasys has developed a kind of remote control, to support patients with ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis), or Lou Gehrig’s disease in their daily lives.
There is no treatment to cure the disease. “In 90-95% of cases, Charcot disease manifests quite by chance, without any clearly associated risk factors. The patients have no family history of the disease and their family members are not considered to be at increased risk for developing this disease, “recalls the Charcot disease association.
Each year In France, an estimated 800 new cases are discovered
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