Toyota expanding into health care with machines to help sick, elderly get
around
From: Washington Post - 10/31/2011
Toyota unveiled its ambitions for high-tech health care Tuesday, displaying
experimental robots that the auto giant says can lift disabled patients from
their hospital beds or help them walk.
The company aims to commercialize products such as its "independent walk
assist" device sometime after 2013 - seeking to position itself in an
industry with great potential in Japan, one of the world's most rapidly aging
nations.
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t-around/2011/10/31/gIQAYreyaM_story.html
Links:
Robot photo galleryhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/robots-mania/2011/09/28/gIQAd8Hc6K_gallery.html
Toyota shows machines to help sick, elderly movehttp://in.news.yahoo.com/toyota-shows-machines-help-sick-elderly-move-033258898.html
Eiichi Saitohhttp://in.news.yahoo.com/photos/eiichi-saitoh-professor-rehabilitation-medicine-steps-down-independent-photo-062840786.html
Alisa Brownlee, ATP, CAPS blog offers recent articles and web information on ALS, assistive technology--augmentative alternative communication (AAC), computer access, and other electronic devices that can impact and improve the quality of life for people with ALS. Email--abrownlee@alsa-national.org. Any views or opinions presented on this blog are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of the ALS Association.
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