FeaturedNeuroscienceNeuroscience Videos·September 28, 2015·4 min readTuning on the Move: New Technology Refines Movement of Powered Prosthetics AutomaticallyResearchers have developed new software that allows powered prosthetics to automatically tune themselves, making the limbs more functionally useful.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·September 14, 2015·3 min readFeeling Touch with a Prosthetic HandResearchers report a person who has been paralyzed for more than a decade has become the first person to be able to 'feel' physical sensations through a prosthetic hand directly connected to his brain.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·September 11, 2015·4 min readWhen Neuroprosthetics Learn From the PatientA new study could pave the way to the creation of a new generation of self learning and easy to use neuroprosthetic devices.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·August 24, 2015·4 min readResearchers Create a Neuron-Like Polymer Nanotube NetworkAccording to a new study, researchers have successfully used polymer nanotubes to create a neuron-like network.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceVisual Neuroscience·August 12, 2015·3 min readAn On-Off Switch for Brain Plasticity Following Vision LossNew discoveries about neuroplasticity following vision loss could improve patient susceptibility to sensory prosthetics.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·August 7, 2015·3 min readBrain Friendly Interface Could Change the Way People with Spinal Cord Injuries Lead Their LivesResearchers have developed a brain friendly extracellular matrix environment that could help change the way people with spinal cord injury and prosthetics lead their lives.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceNeuroscience VideosVisual Neuroscience·August 3, 2015·5 min readLooking at the World Through a Bionic EyeResearchers use simulations to mimic what vision could be like after a patient undergoes one of two different vision restoring therapies.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceNeuroscience VideosOpen Neuroscience Articles·July 31, 2015·6 min readA Brain Controlled Prosthesis is Almost as Accurate as One Finger TypingResearchers have developed a technique to make brain controlled prosthetics more precise. A pilot clinical trial of the neuroprosthesis is underway for people with paralysis and ALS.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·May 21, 2015·8 min readUsing Thought to Control a Robotic ArmImplanting neuroprosthetics into the posterior parietal cortex allows a paralyzed man to control a robotic arm through thought, a new study reports.Read More
FeaturedNeurologyVisual Neuroscience·April 28, 2015·3 min readPhotovoltaic Retinal Implant Could Restore Functional SightNew retinal implants could restore vision up to five times better than current technology, a new study reports.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·April 8, 2015·5 min readWhat Can Brain Controlled Prosthetics Tell Us About The Brain?Researchers develop a framework to show how neuroprosthetics can be used as a tool for examining how and where the brain encodes new information.Read More
Featured·April 1, 2015·3 min readBrain Machine Interface Allows Amputees to Control Bionic HandEEG and brain machine interface allows amputees to move a prosthetic hand, a new study reports.Read More
