This device is one of over 500 new developments at the engineering projects conference at Ben-Gurion University that will be held tomorrow (July 1) * Additional devices that will be presented at the conference: a monitoring system to prevent cardiac arrest/respiratory arrest for babies and a high-dimensional sensor for locating survivors after an earthquake
Tomorrow, July 1, there will be a conference at Ben Gurion University presenting projects that may become industrial developments. Over 500 projects will be presented at the conference. At the opening of the project conference, which will be held with the participation of the university management and hi-tech entrepreneur, Dr. Yossi Vardi, who has been accompanying the project for years.
According to the dean of the Faculty of Engineering Sciences, Prof. Gabi Ben Dor, the Ben-Gurion University project conference that will take place tomorrow (Wednesday, July 1) is an important opportunity for the industry to closely examine what is being done in the academy and is an outgrowth of the university's multidisciplinary approach, which, along with creativity, for flexibility and innovation.
"The open and applied approach of the Faculty of Engineering Sciences and the University for Research, allows an extensive basis for cooperation between academia and industry. "Through the proximity to the research core, the unique exposure to development, the accessibility to the excellent human capital and the proximity to the occurrence of progress, the industry can take advantage of opportunities and create for itself a relative advantage in tomorrow's market in manpower, technological developments and advanced research", says Prof. Gabi Ben-Dor.
Imaging falls in the elderly
A collaboration between the Department of Physiotherapy and Mechanical Engineering at Ben-Gurion University gave birth to the next generation in the treatment of stability problems in the elderly.
One out of three elderly people fall at least once a year, making fall injuries one of the most common problems among the world's elderly population. Most cases of falls end in serious injuries, and often even lead to death. The financial expenses for these treatments amount to billions of dollars. Despite the growing need to find an adequate medical solution, today there is almost no solution that is capable of providing a proper response and reducing the percentage of those who fall.
Dr. Yitzhak Meltzer, head of the physiotherapy department at Ben-Gurion University, recognized this need, and in collaboration with Dr. Amir Shapira - a researcher from the university's mechanical engineering department, developed a first-of-its-kind device to improve stability and prevent falls. The device was designed and built by four mechanical engineering students: Ayelet Asa-Ashkenazi, Elad Alfo, Ofir Gal-Or, and Oren Segal, and it will be unveiled for the first time this Wednesday (July 1) at a project conference, where over 500 projects will be presented, the result of the work of The students who are about to graduate from the Faculty of Engineering Sciences at Ben-Gurion University.
The device, which was initially intended for research purposes, is now also directed to physical therapy institutes that treat stability problems. The treatment is based on the image of the patients' daily reality by combining walking and sudden movements of the walking platform.
The team of developers, together with three students from the university's MBA program for excellence, are currently working on the formulation of the business plan and the continuation of the product that should be sold to the American market, in the first phase within the NextStep company (under construction). The process of recruiting investors is currently underway in Israel and abroad.
A system for monitoring apnea in babies
Another project that will be presented at the project conference of the Faculty of Engineering Sciences at Ben-Gurion University: At Ben-Gurion University, a monitoring system has been developed to prevent cardiac arrest/respiratory arrest for babies. The project faces a difficult problem that to this day is difficult for science to accurately diagnose, crib death. The planned product will check in real time the heart rate and breathing of the toddler, while building a medical database. The new product will transmit all data wirelessly to the home computer. The product may provide an initial and important response when the toddler stops breathing, while sounding an alarm siren and even save his life. The product is specially adapted for premature babies, and uses modern technology to monitor and supervise the baby's life. A derivative of the product may also help patients after a cardiac event and save lives.
The system is developed by students Dodi Tadagi and Eleanor Kanani under the guidance of Professor Shlomi Arnon.
A high-dimensional sensor for locating survivors after an earthquake
In the event of a large-scale disaster (earthquake, flood), it is necessary to quickly locate survivors scattered over a large area. In these cases, we will strive to save manpower and carry out the job of detection using technology that works in real time, something that may save human lives and enable detection in events where human presence is not possible, such as in a chemical, nuclear disaster, etc. The project solves this problem by deploying a network of detectors in the disaster area which will provide an accurate picture of the situation. Each component in the network contains a processor which is connected to sensors whose job it is to collect and transfer data from their immediate environment to the component's processor. One of the components will function as a base station and will receive information from the other components scattered in the field, thus it is possible to gather information in real time from all the components of the system regarding the location of the survivors. The goal of the project is that each component of the system will be able to pick up movement, recognize a human voice, take a live picture from the field and communicate with the base unit using radio and wireless optical communication. The system is developed by the students Amit Adoni and Ido Greenberg.
5 תגובות
According to what I understand from the text (and the photo) this is not a device that prevents falls but a protected training environment for the elderly themselves.
Avi:
Is this what it is about or is there really something here that protects them on an ongoing basis?
As you can see in the caption, this is an announcement from the university, if I were to write it, I would do it differently. I wish I had enough resources to follow up on every message.
In any case, it is important to give credit to what is happening in universities in Israel. The lack of public interest in this caused huge cuts that went without any criticism in the press or the public, and which may now cause the collapse of the entire higher education system.
hi father
I actually like engineering developments, that was not my intention.
Too high a percentage of the text is student credits, study programs, universities, etc.
The number of words explaining the operation of the device to improve stability is less than the number of words in the title of the article.
A person.
Adam, not all articles are created equal, but sometimes you also need to report on what happens not only in the precision departments but also in the engineering departments. As a long-time commenter, you probably know that there is a mix on the site that tries to balance local and global reports and between hard science and technology and a few other balances.
In any case, as of this moment, this is the most read news on the site today. Of course, I would love for the surfers who come to it to also read other, more scientific articles.
Bad article.
Absolutely worthless to the reader.