Kinect for rehabilitation

Recently many labs tried to implement Kinect sensing device of Microsoft for rehabilitation in one or another way. 

Recently the West Health Institute announced that it has developed the Reflexion Rehabilitative Measurement Tool uses the Kinect technology to not only monitor adherence to a rehab program, but to also track the motions of rehabilitative exercises to ensure that they are done correctly and to measure progress.

Tricycle for disabled children

The need of a tricycle for disabled children that are able to cycle is permanent. Several commercially available models are not comfortable, awkward, and non-ergonomic. The devise is to be safe, easy to climb and to get off, ergonomic, and designed for children.

Shabtai Hirshberg from School of Practical Engineering at Hadassah College Jerusalem designed this trike to encourage physical activity among kids suffering from neurological or muscular disorders. It is named A2B. When a child mounts the trike, stepping on the pedal locks the wheels, enabling the child to literally walk right into a seated position. The chest support keeps the child stabilized, and the whole trike can be customized to each child's needs.The gear based rear wheel makes it easy for the child to pedal since less force is required to drive the system. The entire steering shaft is cable driven so very small movements translate into larger ones.  

Now, I hope that Israel, known for its fast commercial implementation and economic stability (I mean the last weeks) will provide entrepreneurs for mass production  of the A2B.

Strength® Shoe

Science and technology do not stand still. To a broad collection, that included also SoM-ToUR, we can add Strength® Shoe (on the picture).
As far as I can understand the explanations, the summary of the idea is to train while stepping on calves only. Like ladies do, when walk on high heels. Like ladies do, when their high heels are broken.
Reasonable explanations why it is good and a list of about a hundred of sportsmen and tens of commands that train wearing Strength® Shoe may be found on the company site.
Releasing my imagination, I could suppose that high heels of my wife would "increase her anaerobic capacity and your anaerobic power by 500%" (update: in case they will be broken). The second though was much wiser: 'She has several pairs of high heels, each for less than "$129.95 only!"!'

Exercise device

This "Exercise Device" was patented in the USA by Ovid P. Mikell, Jr., from Miami, FL in 1946. The possibility of its usage for rehabilitation was also mentioned in the patent.
A thing like this can be found in almost every sports shop for $10 and more. The use of such device can not be overestimated.