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June 30, 2015

Pentagon Gambles on Brain Implants, Bionic Limbs and Combat Exoskeletons

Pentagon Gambles on Brain Implants, Bionic Limbs and Combat Exoskeletons By Sara Reardon for Nature magazine 12 June 2015 DARPA makes a big push into biological research, but some scientists question whether its high-risk approach can work An exoskeleton designed through DARPA's Warrior Web…

June 12, 2015

Watch Paralyzed Man Move Robotic Arm with his Mind

Watch Paralyzed Man Move Robotic Arm with his Mind By Jessica Stoller-Conrad for Caltech 22 May 2015 "I joke around with the guys that I want to be able to drink my own beer—to be able to take a drink at my own pace, when I want to take a sip out of my beer and to not have to ask somebody to…

May 22, 2015

Brain-Reading Implant Controls Arm

Brain-Reading Implant Controls Arm By James Gallagher for BBC News 22 May 2015 A man has been able to control a robotic limb with a mind-reading chip implanted in his brain. It allowed Erik Sorto, from California, to sip a drink unaided for the first time in 10 years. The details, published…

May 22, 2015

DARPA Dreams: Cortical Modems and Neural RAMplants for Restoring Active Memory

DARPA Dreams: Cortical Modems and Neural RAMplants for Restoring Active Memory By John Hewitt for Extreme Tech 28 April 2015 A compelling encore to inventing the Internet appears more elusive for DARPA with each passing day. But what if they could put the Internet in your brain? That might…

April 28, 2015

In Brief: Robotics, Smart Textiles, Mental Remote Control, Electronic Implant

In Brief: Robotics, Smart Textiles, Mental Remote Control, Electronic Implant By Célia Sampol for MedicalExpo magazine 28 April 2015 PLUSES AND MINUSES OF USING ROBOTICS IN GENERAL SURGERY The European Association for Endoscopic Surgery (EAES) recently came to an important consensus on the…

April 28, 2015

Scientific Research, Development are Crucial to Utah’s Economic Future

Scientific Research, Development are Crucial to Utah's Economic Future By A Scott Anderson for Extreme Tech 27 March 2015 Laura Seitz, Deseret News | Utah Science Technology and Research Initiative researchers showcase their most exciting projects and emerging technologies at the 2013…

March 27, 2015

If A Single Neuron Fires in the Brain, Will Anyone See It?

If A Single Neuron Fires in the Brain, Will Anyone See It? By Sam Brusco for Medical Design Technology magazine 5 March 2015 Let me introduce Andy Gotshalk, CEO of Blackrock NeuroMed. With almost 20 years of experience in the medical device industry, Gotshalk began as a field service…

March 5, 2015

Woman Controls a Fighter Jet Sim Using Only Her Mind

Woman Controls a Fighter Jet Sim Using Only Her Mind By Nick Stockton for Wired 5 March 2015 Jan Scheuermann uses a mind-controlled robot arm to eat a chocolate bar.(UPMC/University of Pittsburgh Schools of the Health Sciences) ALL JAN SHEUERMANN wanted to do was feed herself some chocolate.…

March 5, 2015

A Brain-Computer Interface That Works Wirelessly

A Brain-Computer Interface That Works Wirelessly By Antonio Regalado for MIT Technology Review 14 January 2015 A wireless transmitter could give paralyzed people a practical way to control TVs, computers, or wheelchairs with their thoughts. A wireless brain interface uses the head-worn…

January 14, 2015