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If ever proof were needed that fl oors were for more than merely just standing on, it came with the Mobile Magic Carpet. It’s a hi-tech device developed by a Sussex company, that allows users to project interactive, touch-screen applications on to the fl oor. The company, Sensory Guru, describes it as a “versatile interactive


system with uses in a wide variety of environments”. These range from mainstream schools to those catering for children with special education needs and hospitals and hospices to play centres. It’s designed to integrate as seamlessly into the school curriculum as it can a play centre or library and the 500-plus apps that run on it can be accessed as easily by mouse, gestures or even eye control. The apps can replicate actions needed for a range of activities,


sensors. The fi rm describes it as the same process you would fi nd on a touchscreen phone. Based on the area of disturbance


to the electric fi eld, the sensors can detect whether a person is standing or lying on the fl oor - and can even tell the diff erence between a body and a liquid spill. The system was recently installed in a nursing home in Alsace, France. It monitors over 70 rooms and turns a light on when a resident places their feet on the fl oor and will even call the nurses’ station when it detects a fall. “In the fi rst four months, we had 28 falls discovered by our system and none were false alarms,” said research and development director Alex Steinhage. “One nurse told us that she wouldn’t have seen one of the falls because the person fell on the far side of the bed where she wouldn’t have been discovered.” Interestingly, the kind of innovation


we are seeing now was predicted more than two years ago by leading industry names during a forecasting interview with the online magazine FloorDaily.net. Among those who took part were Armstrong executive Sara Babinski who said: “It could change colour with seasons, be used for biometrics, or be interactive in terms of controlling other actions in the home with either sensor or voice activation. Floors might [eventually] be able to self-heal and self-repair when they are damaged with scratches, dents or chipped.


even replicating a game of football. But its main strength is in the way it can capture young imaginations and bring otherwise staid subjects to life. All students have to do is move over the projected applications to interact with the content. Movements are met with visual and auditory rewards, engaging visual, kinaesthetic and auditory learners. Teachers have said that the technology engages students so deeply that they are able to


stand back, observe and facilitate the classes, rather than having to control pupils and ultimately, when the children are relaxed and having fun, they are learning at their best. London’s King’s College Hospital bought one hoping to off er types of distraction play and take the fear out of consultations, particularly when young children are arriving for procedures as daunting as surgery. Sian Spencer-Little, a specialised


play practitioner there said that it had completely transformed children’s perception of where they were. “Due to the team’s use of the Magic Carpet and distraction play, the child leaves the hospital feeling happy, settled and calm,” she said. “Their whole journey and experience of being in the hospital is a positive one. Lots of children now even get excited about the thought of coming to hospital.


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