Sentences with phrase «by quadriplegics»

Indeed, the stories are written and reported because the commission of serious crimes by quadriplegics is so rare and bizarre that they are newsworthy.

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Her backstory was famous by the time I heard her speak at a Jesus festival: the diving accident that left her quadriplegic, the paintings she created with a brush between her teeth.

Det. Steven McDonald, an NYPD officer who inspired others by forgiving the teenager whose bullet left him a quadriplegic and overcoming his disabilities to remain an active cop, died Tuesday at North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset, officials said.

A team led by Brown University neuroscientist John Donoghue has implanted sensors in the brains of four quadriplegic patients that connect signals from the motor cortex to output devices, thereby enabling paralyzed patients to move computer cursors, control robotic limbs, and operate wheelchairs.

Together they are aiming to do what sounds miraculous: help paralyzed quadriplegics walk again, not by fixing their lesions or broken spines but by creating wearable robotic exoskeletons controlled by neural signals.

It is now being used by hundreds of quadriplegics.

The system is controlled by a joystick - like device taped to the user's shoulder, where many quadriplegics retain some movement; the device is activated by moving the shoulder.

By using eight implanted electrodes that snake through the patient's arm, stimulating muscles in the hand, the Freehand allows quadriplegics to groom and feed themselves and in some cases even to operate a computer.

«He's using the part of his brain that's been disconnected from the real world,» says Donoghue, who foresees a day when «you'll shake hands with a person and he'll say, «By the way, I'm a quadriplegic.

ReWalk was created by Argo's founder, Amit Goffer, himself quadriplegic as the result of a 1997 ATV accident.

Earlier this year, another team reported using a brain machine interface to allow a quadriplegic to move his finger and arms, but that system directly activated arm muscles with brain signals detected by implanted electrodes, bypassing the damaged spinal cord.

Using an array of hair - thin electrodes implanted in his brain, a 25 - year - old quadriplegic man was able to operate a computer, open and close a prosthetic hand, and manipulate a robotic arm just by thinking about it, according to a new study.

John Callahan was a quadriplegic, and the movie looks like it deals mostly with his recovery from alcoholism and subsequent discovery of his ability to draw cartoons by grasping a pen in both hands.

This made - for - TV movie was the last project undertaken by actor / director Christopher Reeve (who was also left in a quadriplegic state after a devastating accident).

Amazon showed Gus Van Sant's newest work, Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot, the compelling biopic of quadriplegic cartoonist John Callahan, which features layered performances by Oscar nominees Joaquin Phoenix, Jonah Hill, and Rooney Mara.

By Marilyn Beck and Stacy Jenel Smith HollywoodNews.com: When motivational guru Tony Robbins debuts his powerful new NBC «Breakthrough With Tony Robbins» reality show July 27, viewers will see such astonishing stories as that of a man who broke his neck at his own wedding reception and became a quadriplegic ---LSB-...]

by Walter Chaw Marking the second euthanasia melodrama of the 2004 awards season after Clint Eastwood's Million Dollar Baby, Alejandro Amenábar's peculiar follow - up to The Others is another ghost story of sorts documenting the last, sad days of Ramón Sampedro (Javier Bardem), made a quadriplegic by a distracted dive into a shallow tide pool.

By the following day, his owners were scarcely able to believe that it was just a week ago that Chester was quadriplegic.

Plaintiff parents sued social hosts and social companions for negligence, alleging they were responsible for injuries sustained by plaintiffs» son Robert when, after drinking at defendant's home, he jumped from a fence and was rendered a quadriplegic.

He says the new limit is wholly inadequate for the most seriously injured, such as those left quadriplegics by accidents, and says the attitude of insurers indicates they may feel the same.

Three years into his 157 - year sentence, Martinez was knifed by a fellow inmate, rendering him a complete quadriplegic.

The plaintiff was the surviving loved one of a patient who had been left quadriplegic after being treated by the defendant hospital.

A quadriplegic man found independence in his decked - out smart home by leveraging Apple's HomeKit framework and assistive technologies.

Last week's protest by several quadriplegic Queenslanders against age discrimination prompts us to examine how the National Disability Insurance Scheme should balance needs - based eligibility and entitlement.

The new owner's wife wasn't a fan of its Moorish architecture... California shopping center owners are being sued by a litigious quadriplegic.