Restoring Touch for Amputees Could Spur Greater Human-Machine Fusions
Dustin Tyler‘s research on the neural interface between man and machine plays an integral part in the upcoming ReHAB trial and push toward the Avatar XPrize.
Spinal cord injury patients can imagine resuming many activities because of new technologies
Brain-computer interfaces today are about where the personal computer was in the early 1980s, said A. Bolu Ajiboye, an associate professor of biomedical engineering at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland. In the not-too-distant future, he said, “they’re going to get exponentially better.”
‘Somebody Has to Do the Research’
Bill Kochevar’s lasting legacy will be his selfless commitment to helping others with quadriplegia regain control over their limbs.
$3 million grant supports creation of system to let thoughts move immobile arm in severely paralyzed patients
A $3 million grant from the United States Department of Defense is supporting a group of biomedical researchers as they look to advance a platform to allow unprecedented reanimation of paralyzed limbs under direct control of the brain.
Cleveland researchers develop technology to give spinal cord injury patients use of hands back
CLEVELAND — Ground-breaking, life-changing research is happening at MetroHealth Medical Center when it comes to spinal cord injuries and giving people function back.
Gaining insight into Parkinson’s
Cleveland FES Center using deep brain stimulation to study gait, balance impairment
Neurotechnology today: What’s real, what’s coming
A balanced discussion of the realities, the mythologies, and the concerns surrounding cutting-edge brain research. A new film, I AM HUMAN, takes a comprehensive look at the realities of neurotechnology today. The film follows three patients for whom experimental treatment may be the best option. Experts weigh in on the difficulties and the promise of neurotech.
Prosthetic hands get smart — and a sense of touch
Prostheses are morphing into mind-controlled extensions of the human body that let their wearers feel what they’re touching.
Neuroscientists Say They’ve Found an Entirely New Form of Neural Communication
Scientists think they’ve identified a previously unknown form of neural communication that self-propagates across brain tissue, and can leap wirelessly from neurons in one section of brain tissue to another – even if they’ve been surgically severed.
Brain implants might one day help paralyzed patients use tablets
The implant was designed to detect signals associated with intended movements and then transmit these signals to a Bluetooth interface.