{"id":240,"date":"2013-07-15T14:24:09","date_gmt":"2013-07-15T04:54:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/mdri-news\/?p=240"},"modified":"2013-07-15T14:24:09","modified_gmt":"2013-07-15T04:54:09","slug":"mdri-project-featured-on-national-childrens-program-scope","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/mdri-news\/2013\/07\/15\/mdri-project-featured-on-national-childrens-program-scope\/","title":{"rendered":"MDRI project featured on national children&#8217;s program, SCOPE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/mdri-news\/files\/2013\/07\/ControllerAndGameScreen1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/mdri-news\/files\/2013\/07\/ControllerAndGameScreen1-291x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"291\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-251\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/mdri-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2013\/07\/ControllerAndGameScreen1-291x300.jpg 291w, https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/mdri-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2013\/07\/ControllerAndGameScreen1.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 291px) 100vw, 291px\" \/><br \/>\n<strong>To watch the segment from the SCOPE episode, click <a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/vP3i3cyqpm8\">here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><\/a>An accessible gaming system for people with limited hand control, movement and function, developed by Flinders University&#8217;s <em>Medical Device Research Institute<\/em>, in collaboration with the <em>University of South Australia<\/em> and the <em>Women&#8217;s and Children&#8217;s Hospital<\/em> has been featured on Channel 10 children&#8217;s program SCOPE. The computer gaming system, targeted for children with Cerebral Palsy, allows children with limited hand control and\/or coordination to play computer games.<\/p>\n<p>Computer games can produce hours of endless fun, but for children with physical disabilities the simple joystick could significantly improve their everyday lives.<\/p>\n<p>The previously unexplored benefits of using \u2018haptic\u2019 gaming to restore tactile sensory loss \u2013 specifically in the hands of children with cerebral palsy \u2013 is the focus of a world-first study led by   Flinders University.<\/p>\n<p>David Hobbs and Max Hughes feature in the episode with the computer gaming system and controller. <strong>To watch the segment from the SCOPE episode, click <a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/vP3i3cyqpm8\">here<\/a>.<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><br \/>\nSCOPE is a national children\u2019s science show produced by Network Ten with the co-operation of the CSIRO. Each week they explore the science and technology behind a different topic in a fun, fast-paced way. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To watch the segment from the SCOPE episode, click here. An accessible gaming system for people with limited hand control, movement and function, developed by Flinders [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":358,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-240","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/mdri-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/mdri-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/mdri-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/mdri-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/358"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/mdri-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=240"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/mdri-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/mdri-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=240"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/mdri-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=240"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/mdri-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=240"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}