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Human Brain Connected Wirelessly To Computer For First Time Ever

Human Brain Connected Wirelessly To Computer For First Time Ever By Cameron Frew for UNILAD 03 April 2021 Scientists have wirelessly connected a human brain to a computer for the first time in history. The technological advance comes months after Elon Musk unveiled a working prototype of…

April 3, 2021

Scientists Have Created a Prosthetic Arm That Lets Patients Feel Touch Again

Scientists Have Created a Prosthetic Arm That Lets Patients Feel Touch Again By Ed Cara for Gizmodo 24 July 2019 Keven Walgamott using the LUKE to hold and move an egg (left) and pick grapes (right). Photo: George, et al (Science Robotics) Perhaps one of the profound yet underappreciated…

July 24, 2019

Man with brain implant on Musk’s Neuralink: “I would play video games”

Man with brain implant on Musk’s Neuralink: “I would play video games” By Antonio Regalado for MIT Technology Review 19 July 2019 Nathan Copeland was one of the first people fitted with a brain implant after an accident left him paralyzed. UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER Nathan…

July 19, 2019

Research Moves Closer to Brain-Machine Interface Autonomy

Research Moves Closer to Brain-Machine Interface Autonomy By Laurie Fickman for the University of Houston 11 June 2019 Findings Could Help Seamlessly Integrate Prosthetics By examining the interactions between single-neuron activities and the information flowing to these neurons,…

June 11, 2019

Utah Innovation Empowers International Collaboration to Achieve Natural Hearing Restoration

Utah Innovation Empowers International Collaboration to Achieve Natural Hearing Restoration Utah Array Moves from Brain to Auditory Nerve, Making Hearing Restoration Possible SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, March 19, 2019 – Blackrock Microsystems LLC (Blackrock), manufacturer of neural connectivity…

March 19, 2019

Degrees of Freedom: A scientist’s work linking minds and machines helps a paralyzed woman escape her body.

Degrees of Freedom A scientist’s work linking minds and machines helps a paralyzed woman escape her body. By Raffi Khatchadourian November 19, 2018 For eighteen years, Jan Scheuermann has been paralyzed from the neck down. She is six feet tall, and she spends all day and all night in a…

November 19, 2018

Blackrock Microsystems on HBO VICE for Brain Control Interface

Blackrock Microsystems on HBO VICE for Brain Control Interface By HBO VICE 5 October 2018 “This is my footprint in the sands of time when I finally pass away … “ Dennis Degray - BCI Patient Stanford University What a compelling statement underscoring why we do what we do here at Blackrock. To…

October 5, 2018

Playing Piano With a Mind-Controlled Robotic Arm

Playing Piano With a Mind-Controlled Robotic Arm By Quartz 01 June 2018 Johnny Matheny plays piano with his mind-controlled robotic arm--the first to be taken home by a patient for testing. The first person to live with a mind-controlled robotic arm is teaching himself piano. Johnny Matheny…

June 1, 2018

Brain Implants Allow Paralysed Patients to Move Limbs

Brain Implants Allow Paralysed Patients to Move Limbs By Sarah Murray for the Financial Times 04 March 2018 Prosthetics controlled by human thought via computer show promise in clinical trials Bill Kochevar was able to reach with his paralysed arm and hand in a clinical trial last year ©…

March 4, 2018

How to Control a Machine Using Your Mind

How to Control a Machine Using Your Mind By Emma Woollacott Technology of Business reporter for BBC 2 February 2018 Imagine being able to make a machine do your bidding with your thoughts alone, no button pressing, typing, screen tapping or fumbling with remote controls, just brain power.…

February 2, 2018

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Senior Leadership

Alicia Colvin

Blackrock Innovations Project Manager

Alicia’s educational and employment background includes 4+ years Direct Patient Care, 5+ years Project Management,

Dave Kluger

Support Engineer

David started working as a Support Engineer in the beginning of 2019 after receiving his

Greg Palis, BSc

Technical Sales Consultant

Greg completed his Undergraduate degree in Biomedical Engineering at the University of Rochester where he

Jeff Tsang

Support Engineer

Jeff Tsang spent 18 years in the Bay State before deciding he needed a change

Kian Torab, MSc

VP of Technical Consulting & Strategy

Kian finished his undergraduate studies at the University of California, Davis, in biomedical engineering. He

Kristen McIntosh, BS

Operations Manager: Manufacturing

Kristen completed her undergraduate degree in Biomedical Engineering at the University of Utah where she

Likhith Chitneni

Software Engineer

Likhith is a Software Engineer who likes diving into adjacent fields in hopes of becoming

Marcus Gerhardt

Co-Founder, CEO & CFO

Marcus is CEO of Blackrock Microsystems and Board Director of Neuromed. Marcus has an MPhil

Moritz Leber, PhD

Technical Lead & Project Manager

Moritz received his PhD form the University of Utah, as well as a Dipl.-Ing. (M.Sc.)

Professor Florian Solzbacher

Co-founder, Chairman & President

Florian is Director of the Center for Engineering Innovation at the University of Utah, Co-Director

Rajmohan Bhandari, PhD

Director of Electrode Business

Raj received his PhD degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from University of Utah and

Sherman Wiebe, PhD, MBA

Senior Technical Advisor Blackrock Microsystems Europe

Sherman has over 17 years of experience in the neuroscience research field. He earned degrees

Shuai Wang, PhD

Senior Technical Sales Consultant

Shuai Wang completed his Bachelor’s degree at Nanchang U, China, in Life Sciences and then

Stephen Hou

Support Engineer

Stephen received his B.S. in biomedical engineering at the Johns Hopkins University, then went on