Invention enables severely disabled people to communicate and steer a wheelchair by sniffing

Monday, July 26, 2010 - 14:21 in Mathematics & Economics

A unique device based on sniffing -- inhaling and exhaling through the nose -- might enable numerous disabled people to navigate wheelchairs or communicate with their loved ones. Sniffing technology might even be used in the future to create a sort of 'third hand,' to assist healthy surgeons or pilots.

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