Imagine spending 13 long years unable to move a finger, dependent on your family for all your daily needs. That was the life of 1993 batch alumnus of Indian Institute of Management - Ahmedabad (IIMA) Suresh Karat. But, not anymore. Suresh is now enjoying a new sense of liberation.
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http://kesuresh.blogspot.in/2012/04/i-can-type.html
Today, he can surf the internet and also interact with his teenage son. Thanks to innovation from Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology (DAIICT), Karat is now able to use a computer to type and express his feelings just by moving his head and blinking his eyes. IIM-A alumni rallied behind Suresh and funded the innovation.
With this financial aid, DAIICT professor Prabhat Ranjan prepared a 'brain-computer-interface' which has enabled Karat to surf the internet and type his thoughts through head movements and blinking of eyes. A resident of Coimbatore, Suresh was 32 when he suffered a brain stem in 1999 that left him a quadriplegic without speech.
With this financial aid, DAIICT professor Prabhat Ranjan prepared a 'brain-computer-interface' which has enabled Karat to surf the internet and type his thoughts through head movements and blinking of eyes. A resident of Coimbatore, Suresh was 32 when he suffered a brain stem in 1999 that left him a quadriplegic without speech
