Caregiving robots would be transformative for people with disabilities and their caretakers, but few research groups are working in this space. A new robotic …
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Fitness and Well-Being
VR App “Retreat” to Revolutionize Approach to Well-Being and Education
Retreat is a VR app and social education platform that connects users with world-class experts and courses focusing on self-improvement and personal …
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Giving Tuesday: VRforHealth asks you to support children with cancer via 18Loop
We created VRforHealth to help accelerate access to the wellness and therapeutic uses of Virtual Reality and subsequently connected with a very valuable …
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Scared of injections? Try a wearable soft robot to ease aversion to needles
While most of us are never without our smartphones, robots may also soon become indispensable companions. It certainly seems so based on the recent experiments …
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IU researchers build virtual environment to help people recover from substance use disorders
Indiana University researchers are combining psychological principles with innovative virtual reality technology to create a new immersive therapy for people …