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Artificial Intelligence Electrophysiology Featured Robotics

·July 5, 2012·4 min read

Robot Vision: Muscle-Like Action Allows Camera to Mimic Human Eye Movement

Using piezoelectric materials, researchers have replicated the muscle motion of the human eye to control camera systems in a way designed to improve the operation of robots. This new muscle-like action could help make robotic tools safer and more effective for MRI-guided surgery and robotic rehabilitation.

Artificial Intelligence

·February 28, 2012·2 min read

How to Control a Prosthesis with Your Mind

New brain-machine interfaces that exploit the plasticity of the brain may allow people to control prosthetic devices in a natural...

Artificial Intelligence Featured Robotics

·May 14, 2012·6 min read

New Type of Retinal Prosthesis Could Better Restore Sight to Blind

Using tiny solar-panel-like cells surgically placed underneath the retina, scientists at the Stanford University School of Medicine have devised a...

Artificial Intelligence Electrophysiology Featured Neuroscience

·April 21, 2011·2 min read

Functioning Synapse Created Using Carbon Nanotubes

Researchers create functioning synapse using carbon nanotubes. Devices might be used in brain prostheses, or combined into a massive network...

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Featured Neuroscience

·January 29, 2013·5 min read

A Better Way to Culture Central Nervous Cells

A protein associated with neuron damage in Alzheimer's patients provides a superior scaffold for growing central nervous system cells in the lab.

Electrophysiology Neuroethics

·June 4, 2012·2 min read

Neuroscientists Explore Innovative Way to Help People Who are Blind

When people close their eyes, they can form mental images of things that exist only in their minds. Neuroscientists studying...

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·July 17, 2012·4 min read

Musical Glove Improves Sensation, Mobility for People with Spinal Cord Injury

Georgia Tech researchers have created a wireless, musical glove that may improve sensation and motor skills for people with paralyzing spinal cord injury (SCI).

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·July 13, 2012·3 min read

Controlling Your Computer With Your Eyes

Millions of people suffering from multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's, muscular dystrophy, spinal cord injuries or amputees could soon interact with their computers and surroundings using just their eyes, thanks to a new device that costs less than £40 (~$63).

Artificial Intelligence Featured Neuroscience Robotics

·July 3, 2012·2 min read

Researchers Develop an Artificial Cerebellum that Enables Robotic Human-like Object Handling

Researchers developed an artificial cerebellum (a biologically-inspired adaptive microcircuit) that controls a robotic arm with human-like precision.

Artificial Intelligence Neuroscience Neuroscience Videos Robotics

·June 18, 2012·3 min read

Robots Get a Feel for the World

Robots equipped with tactile sensor able to identify materials through touch, paving the way for more useful prostheses. What does...

Electrophysiology Featured Neuroscience Robotics

·September 14, 2012·3 min read

Scientists Use Prosthetic Device to Restore and Improve Impaired Decision Making Ability in Animals

Scientists used an electronic prosthetic system to tap into existing circuitry in the brain at the cellular level and record the firing patterns of multiple neurons in the prefrontal cortex, the part of the brain involved in decision-making. They then “played” that recording back to the same brain area to electrically stimulate decision-based neural activity. Not only did it restore function, in some cases, it also improved it.