Working with a patient

ICT researcher Belinda Lange, a former physical therapist, developed a system that utilizes popular gesture control technologies like Microsoft's Kinect to help injured or struggling veterans -- and non-military patients, as well -- start to undergo rehabilitation therapy.

The idea is to create simple on-screen games that task the patients with moving their limbs to, say, "grab" a jewel out of the air. By repeating the process again and again, the system keeps track of patients' results, and helps their therapists understand their progress.