Via @DanielPink [https://twitter.com/DanielPink/status/284702444842254338], the story of an Englishman who had a stroke and started speaking Welsh. The crazy things a stroke can do to you [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/9767191/Englishman-wakes-up-from-stroke-speaking-fluent-Welsh.html]…
There’s much to admire in this Metro Connection story but here’s an excerpt that shows me the meaning and power of persistence: ”It was so magical…Of all the awards I have received this one really is the most special for me, because I had to work so…
Sounds an awful lot like the story recounted in The Electric Mind [https://mikeschultz.ghost.io/electric-mind/], but encouraging nonetheless. [Using the Brain to Control a Robotic Arm]…
Holiday baking has begun! Things started off with a couple of loaves of julekage last Monday and followed up with a few loaves of English Christmas bread today. I probably wouldn’t even have thought it worth a post if the results weren’t so similar to last year [https:…
This playlist from TED includes Jill Taylor’s talk about stroke as well as Aimee Mullins on opportunity of adversity. I hope the other five talks are as good. 7 powerful stories of recovery after injury [http://blog.ted.com/2012/11/28/7-powerful-stories-of-recovery-after-injury]…
via @jsbaranski, CEO of the National Stroke Association…
I was given an Empi machine Tuesday. It’s an electrotherapy device that ” produces a mild electrical current transmitted via lead wires to electrodes placed on the skin.” This is how it looks on my arm. On Wednesday, I saw this via @FastCompany [http://www.fastcodesign.com/1671273/watch-body-parts-get-zapped-to-the-beat-in-this-wild-music-video#1]…
Here’s a story I missed when it was reported at the beginning of the month, and I like it even better than the the one about the guy who climbed the whole building with a prosthetic leg [%22http://tmblr.co/ZhkhVyWk09Co]. > CHICAGO — Gripping a handrail and wearing a…