Too often, the popular focus on technology is obsessed with social media like the latest Twitter storm, Facebook rant, or Instagram “meltdown” over some new community outrage. While we’re glued to our screens clicking refresh to see the next angry comment, technologies that we think of mainly for game-playing and recreation are finding their way into truly useful applications. Read more…

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North Brunswick, N.J. (March 22, 2018) – Stroke victims, dementia sufferers, and patients who have sustained traumatic brain injuries can now incorporate virtual reality games into their rehabilitation therapy, thanks to technology developed by Bright Cloud International (BCI) Corp.

The Rutgers University spinoff moved its operations into the New Jersey Economic Development Authority’s (EDA’s) Commercialization Center for Innovative Technologies (CCIT) earlier this month, expanding its footprint in the Garden State. CCIT, located in North Brunswick, is New Jersey’s leading life sciences incubator. Read more…

 
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Virtual reality is mostly known as a platform for gamers — allowing its users to escape from the real world by commanding the Enterprise, rescuing their child from a post-apocalyptic wasteland or being transported smack-dab into the middle of a murder mystery.

However, there’s another angle at play. Read more…

 
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Virtual reality allows us to escape the real world and jump into the surreal. We put on those clunky headsets and bam — we’re flying in outer space, scaling a huge mountain or killing an army of zombies, all from our living rooms. Read more…

EDISON — A new technology may have older individuals loving video games even more than the younger generation.

Local researchers are drawing on these games to study and advance a type of virtual rehabilitation therapy to improve the lives of individuals with post-cerebral vascular disease, a condition often associated with strokes, according to county officials.

Exploring the full effects of his treatment, Grigore Burdea, a veteran professor at Rutgers University and a maverick in the field of virtual reality, has teamed up with two long-term care facilities in Central Jersey — Roosevelt Care Center at Edison and JFK Hartwyck Edison Estates, officials said.

“Conventional medicine provides rehabilitation six to nine months after a stroke,” Burdea said. “The justification for this continues to be that it’s basically reached a plateau. But [patients] can, in fact, improve further.”

Under the umbrella of his Highland Park-based company, Bright Cloud International, Burdea is currently targeting nursing homes’ stroke survivors with this therapy.

“It’s intensive, repetitive training with a purpose,” he said. “It’s also responsible for improving focus, memories, decision-making and reducing depression.”

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MIDDLESEX COUNTY – The revolution of video games has made immeasurable strides since first commercially debuting in the early 1970s.

Now local researchers are drawing on these games to study and advance a type of virtual-rehabilitation therapy and to improve the lives of individuals suffering from post-cerebral vascular disease, a condition often associated with strokes.

Exploring the full effects of his break-through treatment, Grigore Burdea, PhD, a veteran professor at Rutgers University and a maverick in the field of virtual reality, has teamed up with two Central Jersey, long-term care facilities, Roosevelt Care Center at Edison and JFK Hartwyck Edison Estates.

“Conventional medicine provides rehabilitation six-to-nine months after a stroke,” Burdea said. “The justification for this continues to be that, it’s basically reached a plateau. But (patients) can, in fact, improve further.”

Under the umbrella of his Highland Park-based company, Bright Cloud International, Burdea is currently targeting nursing homes’ stroke survivors with this cutting-edge therapy.

“It’s intensive, repetitive training with a purpose,” he explains. “It’s also responsible for improving focus, memories, decisionmaking and reducing depression.”

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MIDDLESEX COUNTY – The revolution of video games has made immeasurable strides since first commercially debuting in the early 1970s.

Now local researchers are drawing on these games to study and advance a type of virtual-rehabilitation therapy and to improve the lives of individuals suffering from post-cerebral vascular disease, a condition often associated with strokes.

Exploring the full effects of his break-through treatment, Grigore Burdea, PhD, a veteran professor at Rutgers University and a maverick in the field of virtual reality, has teamed up with two Central Jersey, long-term care facilities, Roosevelt Care Center at Edison and JFK Hartwyck Edison Estates.

“Conventional medicine provides rehabilitation six-to-nine months after a stroke,” Burdea said. “The justification for this continues to be that, it’s basically reached a plateau. But (patients) can, in fact, improve further.”

Under the umbrella of his Highland Park-based company, Bright Cloud International, Burdea is currently targeting nursing homes’ stroke survivors with this cutting-edge therapy.

“It’s intensive, repetitive training with a purpose,” he explains. “It’s also responsible for improving focus, memories, decisionmaking and reducing depression.”

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