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Welcome back to Cool Stuff Ride Home.

I'm Reggie Rizzou alongside Marcus Paff.

On today's episode, a new wearable armband that might help stroke victims with flexibility in their arms.

Plus, the latest new drink trend, Dirty Soda.

We'll explain what that is.

And on this day in history, we look at the London beer flood that killed several people

and left the streets of London drenched.

That's coming up on cool stuff.

Well, our first story comes to us from Andy Corbly and the Good News Network, or GNN.

A discreet and flexible armband made of electrodes has been found in a small study of stroke patients

to aid in restoring flexibility in their disabled arms. Manufactured by a startup called New Bond,

the device is intended to seamlessly integrate into daily routines, allowing patients with impaired

motor functions to maximize time spent performing rehabilitation

activities. New Bond, led by co-founders Jumpeh Kasha Wakura and Patrick Sagasteguai Alva,

has been working with patients from a stroke support group in London near the Imperial College London

campus to hone their device. The results were published in a recent paper in the journal

NYU Scholars. The prototype armband is worn around the upper forearm and embedded with electrodes that

detect muscle activation commands and stimulate nerves to help restore their connection with the brain.

Co-founder, Kasha Wakura, says the device works by promoting neuroplasticity or the reorganization of the brain around new neural pathways to regain control of the limb.

After just eight sessions, Reuters reports Lisa Vincent's left arm has gone from completely rigid to being able to bend and flex with much more control.

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