The Tongue Drive System, an assistive technology developed at Georgia Tech, is featured on the LiveWell HD Network and National Institutes of Health web site. This device was created by Maysam Ghovanloo, an assistant professor in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and his team in the GT-Bionics Lab.

This novel wireless and wearable system allows paralyzed individuals to control a powered wheelchair, operate a computer, and interact with their environments by simply moving their tongues. The device was recently validated through its first clinical trials at the Shepherd Center in Atlanta.

To view the video at the LiveWell HD site or read the article on the NIH site, please visit:

Tongue Controlled Wheelchairs (LiveWell HD Network)

Tongue-Operated Devices Help Paralyzed People (National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering of the National Institutes of Health web site)