Are we getting closer to the plot of "Planet of the Apes?" Scientists have designed a new wireless brain-machine interface (BMI) that gives monkeys the ability to control a wheelchair using just their ...

There are iPhone-controlled cars and beds — now one company plans to integrate iPhones/iPods in its wheelchairs for a new kind of accessibility. Dynamic Controls developed a system to connect an ...

Sometimes it’s okay for scientists to monkey around. That’s particularly true of Dr. Miguel Nicolelis of Duke University, whose team has published research showing they’ve found a way to enable ...

A tiny magnet embedded in a tongue through piercing, implantation or adhesion has been shown by a Georgia Institute of Technology team of researchers to be capable of acting as a controller for the ...

Quadriplegics may gain a new degree of freedom via their tongues, if a new control system becomes widely available. The new system uses that famously strong, agile and sensitive muscle, the tongue, to ...

Max Mobility/Permobil has issued a nationwide recall of speed control dials on found on some of its wheelchairs, according to a Jan. 17 recall notice from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--National Seating & Mobility (NSM), the leading provider of complex rehabilitation, mobility and accessibility solutions in the U.S. has signed an agreement with ...