{"id":8293,"date":"2016-03-09T18:25:51","date_gmt":"2016-03-09T21:25:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.brainn.org.br\/?page_id=8293"},"modified":"2017-03-24T17:32:45","modified_gmt":"2017-03-24T20:32:45","slug":"inovacao","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.brainn.org.br\/en\/inovacao\/","title":{"rendered":"Innovation"},"content":{"rendered":"Learn more about some of <strong>BRAINN<\/strong>\u00b4s\u00a0innovation initiatives.<\/p>\n<a href=\"#bipmed\" class=\"su-button su-button-style-glass\" style=\"color:#ffffff;background-color:#FF9900;border-color:#cc7b00;border-radius:6px\" target=\"_self\"><span style=\"color:#ffffff;padding:6px 18px;font-size:14px;line-height:21px;border-color:#ffb84d;border-radius:6px;text-shadow:none\"><i class=\"sui sui-arrow-circle-down\" style=\"font-size:14px;color:#ffffff\"><\/i> BIPMed<\/span><\/a> \u00a0<a href=\"#realidade\" class=\"su-button su-button-style-glass\" style=\"color:#ffffff;background-color:#FF9900;border-color:#cc7b00;border-radius:6px\" target=\"_self\"><span style=\"color:#ffffff;padding:6px 18px;font-size:14px;line-height:21px;border-color:#ffb84d;border-radius:6px;text-shadow:none\"><i class=\"sui sui-arrow-circle-down\" style=\"font-size:14px;color:#ffffff\"><\/i> Virtual and Augmented Reality<\/span><\/a> \u00a0<a href=\"#cadeira\" class=\"su-button su-button-style-glass\" style=\"color:#ffffff;background-color:#FF9900;border-color:#cc7b00;border-radius:6px\" target=\"_self\"><span style=\"color:#ffffff;padding:6px 18px;font-size:14px;line-height:21px;border-color:#ffb84d;border-radius:6px;text-shadow:none\"><i class=\"sui sui-arrow-circle-down\" style=\"font-size:14px;color:#ffffff\"><\/i> Robotic Wheelchair<\/span><\/a>\n<div class=\"su-divider su-divider-style-dotted\" style=\"margin:15px 0;border-width:2px;border-color:#d2d2d2\"><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"bipmed\"><strong>BIPMed &#8211; Precision Medicine for everyone<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 0.9em;\">Originally published at <a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"http:\/\/bipmed.org\">BIPMed.org<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The <strong>Brazilian Initiative on Precision Medicine<\/strong> (BIPMed) is an initiative of five Research Innovation and Dissemination Centers (RIDCs) supported by FAPESP:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.brainn.org.br\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\">The Brazilian Research Institute for Neuroscience and Neurotechnology (BRAINN)<\/a><\/span><\/em>, coordinated by Dr. Fernando Cendes;<\/li>\n<li><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.escience.org.br\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\">Center for Computational Science and Engineering (CCES)<\/a><\/span><\/em>, coordinated by Dr. Munir Skaf;<\/li>\n<li><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ctcusp.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\">Center for Research in Cell Therapy (CTC)<\/a><\/span><\/em>, coordinated by Dr. Marco Antonio Zago;<\/li>\n<li><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/crid.fmrp.usp.br\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\">Center for Research on Inflammatory Diseases (CRID)<\/a><\/span><\/em>, coordinated by Dr. Fernando Queiroz Cunha.<\/li>\n<li><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ocrc.com.br\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\">Obesity and Comorbidities Research Center (OCRC)<\/a><\/span><\/em>, coordinated by Dr. Licio Augusto Velloso;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Precision Medicine has emerged recently as a concept in which scientific knowledge and technology will come together to provide the bases for the 21st century medicine. It embraces translational research, genomic medicine and personalized medicine and proposes a new level of integration of data in order to improve health care.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-9312\" style=\"margin-top: 30px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.brainn.org.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/BIPMED-logo.jpg\" alt=\"BIPMED logo\" width=\"308\" height=\"175\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brainn.org.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/BIPMED-logo.jpg 308w, https:\/\/www.brainn.org.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/BIPMED-logo-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.brainn.org.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/BIPMED-logo-82x47.jpg 82w, https:\/\/www.brainn.org.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/BIPMED-logo-100x57.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.brainn.org.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/BIPMED-logo-156x89.jpg 156w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 308px) 100vw, 308px\" \/>BIPMed is based initially on a software platform, built following the guidelines and principles of the Global Alliance for Genomics and Health, and observing the responsible sharing of genomic and clinical data. This platform is the first of its kind in Latin America and aims to offer public access to genomic and phenotypic data. It is intended to be used by clinicians and scientists all over the world, to share and obtain information about various aspects of genomic medicine and human health, as well as to support dissemination and training in the areas of human molecular genetics, computational biology and others.\u00a0 On November 10th, BIPMed became the Brazilian Country Node of the The Human Variome Project. We believe that BIPMed will be essential for the development of Precision Medicine in Brazil, allowing for significant advances in health care and health science research.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"realidade\"><strong>Virtual and Augmented Reality in Stroke Sequelae Treatment<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Under Professor <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.brainn.org.br\/gabriela-castellano\/\">Gabriela Castellano<\/a><\/strong><\/span>\u00b4s coordination, the BRAINN team develops two projects aimed at rehabilitating stroke patients. One of them uses <strong>Virtual Reality (VR)<\/strong> and the other employs <strong>Augmented Reality (AR)<\/strong> technologies. The tools \u2013 which are still under testing \u2013 adopt strategies that stimulate the patient\u00b4s motor coordination and make exercises more fun. Before we further explain these projects, it is important to understand the differences between <strong>VR<\/strong> and <strong>AR<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In <strong>Virtual Reality<\/strong>, the subject is immersed in a three-dimensional interface and participates in certain scenarios. His movements are reproduced inside a fictional setting. The Kinect movement sensor \u2013 the same one found in the Xbox game console \u2013 is used in the activities.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">As for the <strong>Augmented Reality<\/strong>, the difference lies in the use of 3D elements that can be inserted \u2018into the real world\u2019. Many financial institutions employ AR, for instance, to facilitate finding agencies in a city. When the user points the cellphone camera at what\u00b4s in front of him, an app incorporates virtual elements to the real image captured by the lenses. It is the fictitious merging into reality.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">For the <strong>AR<\/strong> project, the focus lies on patients with arm movement limitations. A camera captures an image of the patient and transmits it to a computer. Then, BRAINN\u00b4s software analyses the person\u00b4s body e \u2018substitutes\u2019 the impaired arm with a digital one, created by <strong>AR<\/strong>. Sensors attached to the patient transmit signals to the computer, which interprets them and activates the virtual arm\u00b4s movements.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The idea behind both experiments is to determine if the cerebral patterns change as the training sessions progress.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>&#8211; by Erik Nardini<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"cadeira\"><strong>Robotic wheelchair gives more autonomy to\u00a0people with disabilities<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_7792\" style=\"width: 910px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7792\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7792\" src=\"http:\/\/www.brainn.org.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/brainn-cadeira-de-rodas-BCI.jpg\" alt=\"brainn cadeira de rodas BCI\" width=\"900\" height=\"502\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brainn.org.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/brainn-cadeira-de-rodas-BCI.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.brainn.org.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/brainn-cadeira-de-rodas-BCI-300x167.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.brainn.org.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/brainn-cadeira-de-rodas-BCI-359x200.jpg 359w, https:\/\/www.brainn.org.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/brainn-cadeira-de-rodas-BCI-82x46.jpg 82w, https:\/\/www.brainn.org.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/brainn-cadeira-de-rodas-BCI-100x56.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.brainn.org.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/brainn-cadeira-de-rodas-BCI-156x87.jpg 156w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-7792\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wheelchair prototype being tested at\u00a0FEEC\/UNICAMP.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>One of the most important assistive projects that are now underway in Brazil takes place at the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (FEEC) at the University of Campinas (Unicamp). A team of researchers from RIDC <strong>BRAINN<\/strong> is working on the prototype of a robotic wheelchair that can be fully controlled by head and facial movements.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We conduct research on several fronts, including technologies that respond to facial expressions, other from visual stimuli (eyetracking), activated by voice, and, finally, technologies based on <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.brainn.org.br\/historias-de-sucesso-a-interface-cerebro-computador\/\">Brain-Computer Interface<\/a><\/strong><\/span> (BCI), which is ability to convert brain signals into computer-recognizable commands\u201d, explains Professor <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.brainn.org.br\/eleri-cardozo\/\">Eleri Cardozo<\/a><\/strong><\/span>, member of the development team and a BRAINN researcher.<\/p>\n<p>There is still no prediction as to when the prototype will reach the market, but the ambitions of those involved in the project generate enormous expectations. &#8220;The laboratory tests are essential if we want to create a comfortable equipment, one that can be used all the time, in a natural way,&#8221; said Cardozo. &#8220;Our expectation is not to launch a completely new wheelchair. We want to use what&#8217;s best of all this technology in <strong>a module that can be installed in a common wheelchair<\/strong>, that is, something that the person already has,&#8221; he continues.<\/p>\n<p>The prototype under development at FEEC is equipped with wireless and cable connections, circuit breakers, sensors, batteries and cameras. The BRAINN researcher expects that the module, when it is released, will be more affordable than other wheelchairs on the market.<\/p>\n<p>The prototype, whose development involves researchers from BRAINN, was featured in the electronic journal of science communication <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/goo.gl\/ODrF69\">ComCi\u00eancia<\/a>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8211; by Erik Nardini<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learn more about some of BRAINN\u00b4s\u00a0innovation initiatives. \u00a0 \u00a0 &nbsp; BIPMed &#8211; Precision Medicine for everyone Originally published at BIPMed.org The Brazilian Initiative on Precision Medicine (BIPMed) is an initiative of five Research Innovation and Dissemination Centers (RIDCs) supported by FAPESP: The Brazilian Research Institute for Neuroscience and Neurotechnology (BRAINN), coordinated by Dr. Fernando Cendes; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"pgc_meta":""},"aioseo_notices":[],"pgc_meta":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brainn.org.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8293"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brainn.org.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brainn.org.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brainn.org.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brainn.org.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8293"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.brainn.org.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8293\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brainn.org.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8293"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}