And yet another good publication to read, authored by our Italian Colleagues at UNIGE, TURIN, ART Rehabilitation and Educational Centre and IIT and published in BioMed Central JNER:

http://www.jneuroengrehab.com/content/7/1/13

Here is an excellent contribution from KT-Equal:
http://www.sparc.ac.uk/media/downloads/executivesummaries/assistive_tech...

Overview
The capabilities of Autonomous Systems are growing: they can detonate unexploded bombs; provide care for the elderly and infirm; collect soil samples from hostile environments; and carry out significant surgical operations. The market for Autonomous Systems sector is poised for considerable growth; fuelled by the challenges of caring for a growing elderly population, increasing security threats to society, and coping with skills shortages.

Dear All

The next meeting of the Society for Research in Rehabilitation will be held at the University of Salford on 2nd Feb.
The symposia are on "Implementing research in to practice" and "The implications for practice of recent research on stroke recovery" and there are free papers and posters.
There is a call for abstracts on any topic relating to rehabilitation – Deadline 5th November, details on the SRR website (www.srr.org.uk)

Please could you circulate the attached flyer to your contacts and networks, and consider coming yourself too of course.
See you there

Regards