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'iShoe' dont let you fall

Thursday, March 4, 2010


Aiden had a nagging feeling that the death of his grandmother, who after a hard fall could have been avoided.
But the 30-year-old student at MIT and Harvard has more than fret. He tried to avoid something similar to other older people.
Lieberman-Aiden invented a high-tech soles with the elderly to help manage their balance before a catastrophic fall. His "Isho" sneaker soles track the patterns of the balance of a person with digital sensors. Battery insoles report data into the computer of a person walking and standing stability.
"The model of 'I'll go to my doctor every six months or once a year to get a check-up" is a kind of more the speed of a society in which people write long letters to each other for the three months to contact' he said. "Now the information can travel all over the place in real time. ... This model begins to affect even the medicine. "
Besides Ishoa, Lieberman Aiden was also awarded the prize for his work with colleagues to develop new technologies for 3-D models of the human genome, which he said was never done. Which does not end with search? Well, if you zoom in a bit, "he said, the genome resembles a twisted bundle of dough Ramen.
The 3 D modeling methods to help scientists understand why the cells with the same genetic sequence can function in different ways, he said. The answer lies in the macro-structure, allowing cells to certain parts of their genetic code and run.
As the Ishoa, Aiden Lieberman said he was frustrated after the death of his grandmother, but did not know what to do.
An internship brought him some answers soon. While working at NASA, Lieberman Aiden stumbled on a project in which NASA scientists trying to balance the astronaut in a low gravity environment analysis. Suddenly she made the connection. Maybe you can use a similar process to diagnose balance problems here on Earth.
The key to the balance of a person, it seems, is not so good on foot, but how well they stopped, he said. So Isho particular to take note of how much a person shifts his weight while standing. A person might well balanced weight shift every 40 seconds, he said, but a person with balance problems can be potentially dangerous weight-shift constantly, or every second.
The balance Isho spits out data that can be interpreted by physicians or by patients themselves can, he said. Using a Bluetooth connection to transmit information from the shoes of a person on one computer.
The invention is still search and development, but Aiden Lieberman said he expects the consumer to a product within a few years. He said he works with a company that manufactures the device, and that other manufacturers are exploring the idea, too.
Most of Lieberman-time Aiden these days has been busy working on his modeling of the genome project. He planned to graduate this spring with a degree in applied mathematics, health and science and technology. He also has a child on the street.

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