TheraTouch is a comprehensive system designed to assist in cognitive and motor skill rehabilitative therapy. In recent years, technology has helped improve rehabilitation programs by providing engaging alternatives to otherwise repetitive and monotonous activities. Utilizing the multi-touch Microsoft Surface device, combined with a custom web application, TheraTouch enables clinicians to collect, store, analyze, and report therapeutic activity results. TheraTouch, the 2011-2012 Senior Capstone Project, was developed for Texas Health Resources, primarily for use in the Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Center located at Texas Health Harris Methodist HEB Hospital.
Healing Touch is a computerized system designed to provide therapeutic and rehabilitative exercises through gaming on multi-user, multi-touch devices. Several games have been developed for the system that focus on testing a variety of abilities such as deductive reasoning, short-term memory, neuromuscular coordination, and social skills. Results collected through these gaming sessions are used to generate reports for monitoring patient outcomes. The repeated play of these games provides an interactive and engaging method of rehabilitation for patients. Healing Touch was developed for Texas Health Resources (THR) utilizing the Microsoft Surface and Apple iPad as the multi-touch gaming platforms.
FROG Recognizer of Gestures is a gesture recognition software designed to be compatible with a multitude of accelerometer-based mobile devices. FROG's powerful recognition algorithms based on probability models and user-friendly interface won it several awards including 1st Place Undergraduate Research and People's Choice Award at TCU's SRS 2010.
SUMS is a distributed array of networked sensors. "Mote" stations can be extended with custom sensors for temperature, light, vibration, and more.