Motion capture suits used to create alien characters can track the onset of diseases of movement.
The Avatar films used sensors to capture the movement of actors to make them look like aliens. Scientists have adapted the technology to track the progression of diseasesMotion capture suits that bring characters to life in films like Avatar are helping researchers track the onset of diseases which impair movement.
"The impact on diagnosis and developing new drugs for a wide range of diseases could be absolutely massive." These include any condition involving the brain and nervous system, heart, lungs, muscles, bone and a number of psychiatric disorders.James has sensors strapped to his wrist, elbows and knees to monitor how his movement is being affected by a rare genetic disorder called Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
Prof Aldo Faisal of Imperial College, who was one of the scientists who came up with the idea, said it was an enormous improvement. A team at Imperial College first tested the motion sensor suits on patients with FA. They found that the AI could predict the worsening of the disease over twelve months, half the time it would normally take an expert.
Professor Paola Giunti, Head of UCL's Ataxia Centre said: "We will be able to trial more drugs with less patients at a lower cost."
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