The mind-reading devices that can free paralysed muscles
Technologies that restore movement and the sense of touch are helping people to overcome the physical effects of stroke and spinal-cord injury.
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The 5 Most Wondrous Medical Breakthroughs This Year
The news can be a damper sometimes, and in 2017, it seemed to be a heavy weight a lot. But there were sparks of hope in some places, especially in medicine, where the next frontier of health technology made what we formerly thought impossible pretty damn possible. Between gene editing, mind control, and viruses carrying secret fixes…
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Cleveland FES Center Expands its Focus to Novel Forms of Neuromodulation
When this publication first profiled the Cleveland FES Center more than 10 years ago, the center was unique for its collaborations and unquestionably a premier research institution in neuroprosthetics. Today, the center still thrives on collaboration but has expanded and diversified its role in the neurotechnology field. Read full article…
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To Keep Up With AI, We’ll Need High-Tech Brains
Technologies that enhance the human brain will be essential to avoid a dystopian future fueled by the rise of artificial intelligence Read full story…
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Electrical nerve-block research by Case Western Reserve researchers aims at asthma, heart failure
Biomedical engineering researchers at Case Western Reserve University are refining more than 15 years of work on an electrical nerve-block implant, focusing their next step on new applications related to treating asthma and heart failure. Read full story…
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MAKING CONNECTIONS
Researchers have given one man the ability to move a paralyzed limb with his thoughts and others the chance to feel sensations through prosthetic hands. In restoring functions for some, they offer hope to many. Read full story…
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Patch Could Replace Opioids To Relieve Pain
Secretary of State Jon Husted told the Cincinnati Rotary Club July 27, “We’re going to have all kinds of medical inventions that are going to change the way we live. I was with a company yesterday that has created a new device that will relieve pain with a patch with an electrical wire in your…
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News Brief: CTSA Program Mentoring Helps Engineers Develop Innovative Rehabilitation Therapies
After completing a Ph.D. in electrical engineering at Case Western Reserve University, Michael Fu wanted to use his skills in medical robotics to solve problems in rehabilitation medicine and focus on helping patients recover in their homes. The challenge was that he didn’t have experience in clinical research or working with patients. Read full story…
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Neural Interfacing Will Create a ‘Cosmic Oneness’ With Your Phone
“The dystopian version is something like the Borg.” Read full story…
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This Amazing Technology Is Helping Quadriplegics Move Again!
8 years ago, Bill Kochevar’s life changed drastically. While on a 150-mile bike ride, Bill collided with a mail truck; the accident resulted in him becoming a quadriplegic. Bill thought he’d never be able to move or do anything on his own again…. but he was wrong. Bill’s story is proof that medical technology is…
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