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Now Wii have a use for this

March 2, 2008 • • Larry Benz

Get rid of the wiihabilitation craze and get with Johnny Lee.  I saw him demonstrate this as part of the TED conference last week.  By convering the Wii to a Wiimote and using an infrared pen (he shows how to make one of these cheaply as well), he shows how you can make a whiteboard on the wall and a computer screen and this has 80% of the functionality of professional solutions for 1% of the cost.  With 2 pens, it supports multitouch!  His software has been dowloaded (he gives it away) and has become quite popular in underresourced public schools.

People love innovation-especially when it involes a less expensive way to get things done.  We need to get this research engineer trumpeting physical therapy as a cheaper and better alternative to surgery, imaging,and drugs.

larry@physicaltherapist.com

 

Larry Benz

Dr. Larry Benz, DPT, OCS, MBA, MAPP, is the Executive Chairman of Confluent Health. He is nationally recognized for his expertise in private practice physical therapy and occupational medicine. Dr. Benz’s current areas of interest include conducting research and integrating empathy, compassion, and positive psychology interventions within physical therapy. He released a book on September...

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