Associate Professor Jonathan Duckworth has designed an interactive arts-based rehabilitation tool to improve the rehabilitation of people affected by stroke or head injury. Duckworth is an Associate Professor of Digital Design in the School of Design. A digital media artist and designer, Duckworth’s interest in using digital design for rehabilitation was initially sparked by an enquiry from a person recovering from traumatic brain injury who had heard about the use of virtual reality for rehabilitation in the United States. One in six people suffer from disabilities as a result of stroke or head trauma, and two-thirds of stroke survivors suffer a disability that impedes them in performing everyday activities without assistance. Duckworth teamed up with Professor Peter Wilson, an expert in motor development and rehabilitation at the Australian Catholic University, to explore how interactive digital tools might be used to support the rehabilitation of patients with acquired brain injury. They set out to develop a device that could be used by hospitals for rehabilitation, forming an interdisciplinary research team that included expertise in software engineering, occupational therapy and cognitive neuroscience. The collaboration produced EDNA (Elements by Dynamic Neural Arts), a digital tabletop device on which patients with acquired brain injury can interact with fun and challenging therapeutic games and interactive arts activities. This playful digital experience is intended to maintain patient engagement, improve compliance and assist recovery. Patients move graspable objects of different shapes and textures across the touch-screen surface to complete a series of achievement-based activities. Each activity is designed to stimulate motor and neural recovery, helping patients re-learn object handling and placement skills essential in daily life. Patients are then able to review their progress with their health providers.