All Articles Tagged As: neural interfaces
 | Students have taken game controller innovation beyond motion control with a "hands-off" approach and developed an interface that allows players to execute actions using only their mind. ...> Full Article |
Researchers get grant to develop communication system based on thoughts, not speech
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New technique bypasses the need for the time-consuming calibration
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 | A monkey has successfully fed itself with fluid, well-controlled movements of a human-like robotic arm by using only signals from its brain, researchers from the University of Pittsburgh ...> Full Article |
As fantastic as computers are at processing mountains of data at lightning speed, they still can't beat the human brain at, for instance, detecting a friend's face in a crowded airport terminal, or even at more specialized tasks such as detecting suspicious objects in X-ray scans of checked baggage. The human brain can do these tasks not just very well but also very rapidly, within a fraction of a second, says Georgetown University Medical Center neuroscientist Maximilian Riesenhuber, Ph.D., of the Laboratory for Computational Cognitive Neuroscience. However, while the brain's visual system can perform the actual detection task very rapidly, even for multiple images presented at the same time, turning these decisions into behavioral responses is much slower.
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There really is something to the phrase "mind over matter." Just ask Dr. Todd Kuiken, researcher from Northwestern University, whose work gives hope to amputees.
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With its expansion to Europe, the only long-term retinal prosthesis study under way worldwide offers hope for treating blindness.
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A new initiative, bringing together nine research groups from seven countries, including teams of robotics and brain researchers from Europe, Israel, and the U.S., has recently been set up with the aim of imitating nature.
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In a first-of-its-kind experiment, the brain activity of a monkey has been used to control the real-time walking patterns of a robot halfway around the world, according to researchers at Duke University Medical Center.
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 | Peggy Chun is a popular artist known for her bold watercolor paintings that capture the spirit of her Hawaiian home. But in 2002, the painter was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease. This debilitating neurological disorder progressively destroys a person's motor neurons. As a victim of this incurable disease, Chun can feel, see, smell, taste, think and imagine, but can no longer move in any way. She is, in the parlance of the medical profession, "locked-in." ...> Full Article |
Following ground-breaking research showing that neurons in the human brain respond in an abstract manner to particular individuals or objects, University of Leicester researchers have now discovered that, from the firing of this type of neuron, they can tell what a person is actually seeing.
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The bionic eye is one step closer to reality, thanks in part to important research undertaken at Queensland University of Technology.
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 | The research offers insights into the mechanism of the brain and how it works. ...> Full Article |
New devices may soon improve the lives of physically handicapped people.
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 | Neuroscientists have significantly advanced brain-machine interface (BMI) technology to the point where severely handicapped people who cannot contract even one leg or arm muscle now can independently compose and send e-mails and operate a TV in their homes. They are using only their thoughts to execute these actions. ...> Full Article |
 | Researchers have developed a new algorithm to help create prosthetic devices that convert brain signals into action in patients who have been paralyzed or had limbs amputated. ...> Full Article |
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