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Description for Cybernics
Hardcover. Biorobotics, or 'cybernics', is of increasing significance in helping today's aging society cope with reduced cognitive and motor skills. This volume covers new developments in a field that combines law and ethics with cutting-edge medicine and engineering. Editor(s): Sankai, Yoshiyuki; Suzuki, Kenji; Hasegawa, Yasuhisa. Num Pages: 349 pages, 71 black & white illustrations, 97 colour illustrations, 10 black & white tables, biograp. BIC Classification: MQW; TJFM1; UYZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 159 x 19. Weight in Grams: 644.
Cybernics plays a significant role in coping with an aging society using state-of-the-art technologies from engineering, clinical medicine and humanities. This new interdisciplinary field studies technologies that enhance, strengthen, and support physical and cognitive functions of human beings, based on the fusion of human, machine, and information systems. The design of a seamless interface for interaction between the interior and exterior of the human body is described in this book from diverse aspects such as the physical, neurophysiological, and cognitive levels. It is the first book to cover the many aspects of cybernics, allowing readers to understand the life support ... Read more
Cybernics plays a significant role in coping with an aging society using state-of-the-art technologies from engineering, clinical medicine and humanities. This new interdisciplinary field studies technologies that enhance, strengthen, and support physical and cognitive functions of human beings, based on the fusion of human, machine, and information systems. The design of a seamless interface for interaction between the interior and exterior of the human body is described in this book from diverse aspects such as the physical, neurophysiological, and cognitive levels. It is the first book to cover the many aspects of cybernics, allowing readers to understand the life support ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Springer Verlag, Japan Japan
Number of pages
290
Condition
New
Number of Pages
339
Place of Publication
Tokyo, Japan
ISBN
9784431541585
SKU
V9784431541585
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Ref
99-15
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[Activities of prof. Sankai] Plenary Talks at the leading conference: More than internatinal 50 invited talks in 2011 around the world Society board committees: IEEE Robotics and Automation Society IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society Conference attended: International Conference on Robotics and Automation Annual Conference of the Engineering in Medicine and ... Read more
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