The future of walking rehabilitation?

How coincidental is this?

An article at MedGadget.com that referenced Michael Jackson’s “Billie Jean” music video appeared yesterday, the same day that Jackson died.

The article discussed an IEEE “Presidents’ Change the World” competition award-winner — an electronics-tiled floor that lights up its squares (hence the music-video reference) based on a person’s movements and a rehabilitation algorithm.

The initial target for the device is handicapped children who are learning to walk or to walk better.

I could see a device like this being used to help seniors and orthopedic patients, too.

What walking-rehab devices fascinate you? Please leave your comment here. Thanks!