Schoolchildren from Tyumen made a glove to detect precursors of epileptic seizures

Russia has created a glove that will be able to track unusual motor activity and warn people with epilepsy of an impending seizure. This was reported to Izvestia by the NTI press service. The project is implemented by students of grades 5-8 within the educational trajectory of the School of Engineering Reserve (SER) of Tyumen Industrial University.

"The glove has sensors embedded in it that record the user's motor activity. They track characteristic movements that may precede or accompany an epileptic seizure. This allows us to analyze the data in real time and send notifications when suspicious patterns are detected," Magomedrashid Gadzhiev, head of SHIR, told Izvestia.

When a risk of a seizure is detected, the glove sends notifications to the smartphone of the user's loved ones, or to emergency services via an app, and the built-in GPS helps quickly determine the person's location.

It is assumed that a special software complex for data processing will use machine learning algorithms to detect abnormal movements characteristic of epileptic seizures. The developers also envisioned the possibility of integration with medical systems.

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