1.0Intelligent carpet to measure that measures footsteps, gait, mobility and exercisehttps://www.sites.se.manchester.ac.uk/imagimatrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="Po6iTnhhz9"><a href="https://www.sites.se.manchester.ac.uk/imagimat/">iMagiMat: A mat that measures footsteps, gait, mobility and exercise</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.sites.se.manchester.ac.uk/imagimat/embed/#?secret=Po6iTnhhz9" width="600" height="338" title="“iMagiMat: A mat that measures footsteps, gait, mobility and exercise” — Intelligent carpet to measure that measures footsteps, gait, mobility and exercise" data-secret="Po6iTnhhz9" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://www.sites.se.manchester.ac.uk/imagimat/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> https://www.sites.se.manchester.ac.uk/imagimat/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2015/02/photo_mat.jpg1024768A ‘magic carpet’ which can immediately detect when someone has fallen and can help to predict mobility problems has been demonstrated by University of Manchester scientists. Plastic optical fibres, laid on the underlay of a carpet, can bend when anyone treads on it and map, in real-time, their walking patterns. Tiny electronics at the edges […]