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  Fall detection

  Human behavior modeling is one of the biggest challenges in artificial intelligence science. There are many applications related to this subject for example; surveillance systems (e.g. airport, bank, train station, etc.), virtual reality (e.g. interactive virtual worlds, virtual studios teleconferencing, etc.), motion analysis (e.g. choreography …

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  Stroke Rehabilitation

  After a stroke patients often suffer from dramatically constrained mobility and partial paralysis of the limbs. Especially movements of the upper extremities, like grasping movements, are frequently hampered. Grasping movements of stroke patients are typically characterized by reduced accuracy and speed, and high variability. In common rehabilita…

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  Wearable measurement system

  Biomechanical overexposure is a risk factor for occupational injuries. Therefore, it is important to evaluate the biomechanical exposure in the workplace. Methods currently used, such as video analysis, are time-consuming and therefore not frequently used.

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  Biofeedback Analysis for Rowing

  The 3rd Year students of the BE in Sports and Exercise Engineering at NUI Galway, Ireland, investigated the relationship between the angle of flexion of the knee to acceleration of the pelvis and the acceleration of the hands.

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  Ted

  For the comedy “Ted”, Seth MacFarlane was not only directing this movie, he was also the actor and the voice of the fluffy bear ‘Ted’. To give Ted the lifelike movements of Seth MacFarlane, they suit him up in an Xsens MVN system. They choose the straps so Seth could easily combine acting and directing at the same time.

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