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Xbox for Stroke Rehabilitation

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the play-your-way-to-a-healthier-you dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Using an Xbox modified to run Linux, researchers have developed virtual reality hand exercises for rehabilitating stroke patients. An inexpensive glove controller is used to interact with the Xbox. The hardware cost is a tenth of a comparable commercial hand rehabilitation system, leading to the possibility of deployment in patients' homes."

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  1. Great job... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    ... too bad it's a violation of the DMCA.

    *shakes head and walks away in shame*

  2. Re:Wouldn't... by toejam316 · · Score: 5, Informative

    Indeed, but, fortunately, it doesn't require a modchip. all it requires is for you to softmod the Xbox, and possibly replace the Harddrive in it (to make it easyer for Linux). Softmodding, for the uninformed, is a exploit in a few games save game systems (Mech assault being one of them), which allows unsigned code to be run. using a hacked save, it runs a linux program and adds Evolution X (a Dashboard replacement) and a few other bits and pieces to the Xbox. Nifty eh?