PRISM NEURO
PRISM NEURO
What we are doing, where we are going
Prism Neuro shows what a sports innovation network can achieve by connecting sport and start-ups to tertiary institutions and funding. The end result can be technology relevant not only to sport but also medical science, military and space.
The AIS initially funded a University of Canberra PhD student to research, design and build a physiotherapy porotype for athletes with ankle injuries. The device successfully created a baseline for healthy movement that could track when athletes return to normal functioning.
Collaborating with the Australian National University, additional funding saw the device halve in size making it mobile and thus growing its application outside sport.
Prism Neuro headquarters moved to the AIS campus in Canberra where it is currently active and in the early stages of commercialisation in the following areas:
- Injury – knowing when an athlete can resume training and performance.
- Concussion – determining if a person has fully-recovered.
- Talent ID – picking the ‘best movers’ and as such those athletes with the greatest potential.
- Space – working with the world’s leading space agencies, including NASA, on brain-body movement in low gravity environments.
ABC Catalyst [18:34min] - https://www.abc.net.au/catalyst/mars-our-second-home/13184894?jwsource=cl, opens in a new tab
Prism Neuro onsite at the AIS