Tag: parkinsons
Tech Digest daily round up: Lou Ottens, inventor of cassette tape dies
Lou Ottens, the Dutch engineer credited with inventing the audio cassette tape, has died aged 94. An estimated 100 billion cassette tapes have been sold around the world since they were introduced in the 1960s. Ottens' invention transformed the way people listened to music, and there has even been a resurgence of the cassette in…
Helen Mirren backs Wii for Parkinson's rehab treatment
Oscar winning actress Helen Mirren has backed a new study into the potential benefits of using Nintendo's Wii gaming console as part of rehabilitation treatment for Parkinson's sufferers. Mirren, who has a good friend diagnosed with the disease as well…
