{"id":15861,"date":"2016-11-16T16:01:35","date_gmt":"2016-11-16T15:01:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=15861"},"modified":"2016-11-16T16:01:35","modified_gmt":"2016-11-16T15:01:35","slug":"american-school-student-creates-rehabilitation-aid-from-a-soccer-ball-and-a-raspberry-pi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=15861","title":{"rendered":"American school student creates rehabilitation aid from a soccer ball and a Raspberry Pi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GMXv2RlpZDo?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.raspberrypi.org\/blog\/physical-therapy-pressure-sensing-football\/\" target=\"_blank\">Thanks to Alex over at Raspberry Pi for finding this one<\/a>!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>US-based eighth-grade student Amelia Day wanted to fuse her love of soccer (I know, I know, &#8216;football&#8217;) and her engineering skills into a project for school. 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