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Chemistry World
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Rolled-up electrodes record brain activity without scarring Ultra-flexible neural electrodes have been created that can more precisely measure brain activity without causing tissue scarring.   |
Chemistry World
February 24, 2011
Carl Saxton |
Mapping brain networks US scientists have created a model of the ring-shaped networks of neurons in the brain, which could help researchers to understand small changes within diseased brain cells. |
IEEE Spectrum
April 2008
Sally Adee |
Mastering the Brain-Computer Interface Engineers are learning to translate between the neural signals of the brain and the machine language of a prosthetic arm. |
IEEE Spectrum
March 2012
Jose M. Carmena |
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 way. |
IEEE Spectrum
October 2005
Willie D. Jones |
Fiber to the Brain Nanotech researchers have devised a method for attaching electrodes to small clusters of brain cells -- or even individual neurons -- using the cardiovascular system as the conduit through which wires are threaded. |
IEEE Spectrum
March 2008
Sally Adee |
A "Manhattan Project" for the Next Generation of Bionic Arms Johns Hopkins researchers lead a nationwide effort to make a bionic arm that wires directly into the brain to let amputees regain motor control and feeling. |
Popular Mechanics
July 7, 2008
Erik Sofge |
For Future of Mind Control, Robot-Monkey Trials Are Just a Start A study in the journal Nature this spring all but confirmed the latest evolution in the hard-charging, heady field of cybernetics: Monkeys can control machines with their brains. |
Wired
March 2005
Richard Martin |
Mind Control Matt Nagle is paralyzed. He's also a pioneer in the new science of brain implants. |
IEEE Spectrum
May 2009
Prachi Patel |
Laser Probes for Brain Experiments Laser-activated probes stimulate brain cells better, say scientists |
Popular Mechanics
September 4, 2009
Erik Sofge |
Hollywood Reality Check: The Real Science of Brain Puppetry Daryl Kipke, director of the Center for Neural Communication Technology at the University of Michigan, sees neural interface technology keeping pace with robotics, with each field bootstrapping the other |
HHMI Bulletin
Aug 2011 |
Let's Get Small Tim Harris develops tools neuroscientists can use to measure the brain's activity, to give them a quantitative view inside the elaborate structure of the brain. |
Technology Research News
May 5, 2004
Kimberly Patch |
Chaos Seems to Aid Learning Researchers in Japan have built a computer simulation of the inferior olive, a portion of the brain that probably relays errors in movement to the cerebellum. The model shows that chaos can be useful in the brain for efficient learning. |
IEEE Spectrum
June 2008
Morgen E. Peck |
A Chip to Better Control Brain Stimulators for Parkinson's Michigan engineers are developing a closed-loop deep-brain stimulation device for Parkinson's disease that would listen to the brain while stimulating it |
IEEE Spectrum
August 2012
Steve Furber |
Low-Power Chips to Model a Billion Neurons A miniature, massively parallel computer, powered by a million ARM processors, could produce the best brain simulations yet |
Chemistry World
March 2, 2009
James Urquhart |
Shining a light on neural activity US researchers have developed a new way to activate brain neurons that could lead to less invasive methods of restoring function in damaged nerves and brain tissue. |
InternetNews
November 16, 2005
David Needle |
Mind/Computer Interface Advances A second quadriplegic patient successfully uses BrainGate implant to control computer. |
Wired
March 24, 2008
Mark Anderson |
Never Mind the Singularity, Here's the Science Many computer scientists take it on faith that one day machines will become conscious. |
HHMI Bulletin
Aug 2010
Virginia Hughes |
Glimpsing Inside a Moving Fruit Fly's Brain Vivek Jayaraman wants to capture, in real time, how the fly's brain responds to a changing environment. Ultimately, he hopes to uncover very basic patterns -- "algorithms" -- of fly brain activity that hold true in more complex brains including, presumably, ours. |
HHMI Bulletin
May 2011
R. John Davenport |
Wired for Smell Circuits of excitation and inhibition help the brain interpret odors. |
IEEE Spectrum
October 2008
Willie D. Jones |
New Brain-Machine Interface Reactivates Monkey's Paralyzed Muscles A monkey learned to use the output of just one brain cell to move its wrist |
Wired
March 2007
Steven Gulie |
A Shock to the System To slow the progress of Parkinson's disease, doctors planted electrodes deep in my brain. Then they turned on the juice. |
Technology Research News
December 17, 2003
Patch & Smalley |
Body handles nanofiber better The human body doesn't care for artificial materials, and responds to invasions by building scar tissue around foreign objects. A study shows that scar tissue formation might have more to do with the surface features of the intrusion than material it is made from. |
IEEE Spectrum
June 2010
Erico Guizzo |
Rat, Monkey, and Man Control Robots With Their Minds As brain-machine interfaces become more advanced, so do the devices they can control |
National Defense
May 2005
Joe Pappalardo |
Casualties of War Leading research at the Department of Veterans Affairs is aimed at helping soldiers who lost limbs in combat. At the core of this program are new technologies meant to seamlessly fuse prosthetics with the human body. |
HHMI Bulletin
May 2011
Corinna Wu |
Mouse Cam Tracking techniques offer a long-term view into the mouse brain. |
IEEE Spectrum
December 2010
Versace & Chandler |
MoNETA: A Mind Made from Memristors DARPA's new memristor-based approach to Artificial Intelligence consists of a chip that mimics how neurons process information |
Scientific American
October 2, 2005
Diane Martindale |
One Face, One Neuron A recent study indicates that our brains employ far fewer cells to interpret a given image than previously believed, and the findings could help neuroscientists determine how memories are formed and stored. |
IEEE Spectrum
May 2006
Rahul Sarpeshkar |
Brain Power Neuromorphic engineering has been around for 20 years, and its first fruits are finally approaching the market. The likely first application is bionics. |
Chemistry World
October 26, 2011
Kate McAlpine |
Dismissing gatekeepers for enhanced nerve control US researchers have invented a better way to stimulate or block nerve impulses by coating an electrode with a membrane that can control the local concentration of ions. |
Science News
Nathan Seppa |
Book Review: Deep Brain Stimulation: A New Treatment Shows Promise In The Most Difficult Cases By Jamie Talan / Science News Jamie Talan describes brain surgery aimed at addressing movement disorders and zeros in on deep-brain stimulation, a cutting-edge treatment in which doctors implant electrodes. |
Wired
August 2001
Jennifer Kahn |
Let's Make Your Head Interactive The Human Brain Project is combining wet anatomy with next-gen scanning, imaging, and networking to give neuroscience a revolutionary new tool -- the globally accessible online mind... |
Wired
August 2001
John Hockenberry |
The Next Brainiacs If puppetry is the clever mapping of human characteristics onto a nonhuman object, then disability is the same mapping onto a still-human object. Getting good at being disabled is like discovering an alternative platform. Science is bringing us closer to becoming puppet masters... |
Bio-IT World
July 2005 |
DBS Model Full color illustrations of a deep brain stimulation system using a pulse generator in the chest and four electrodes in the brain. |
IEEE Spectrum
April 2008
Morgen E. Peck |
A Brainy Approach to Image Sorting DARPA project reads the brain waves of image analysts to speed up intelligence triage. |
IEEE Spectrum
May 2012
Mark Anderson |
This Is Your Brain on fMRI The science of mind reading is further along than you might think |
Wired
March 23, 2009
Jonah Lehrer |
Scientists Map the Brain, Gene by Gene I'm in the dissection room of the Allen Institute for Brain Science in Seattle, and the scientist next to me is in a hurry. |
PC Magazine
November 29, 2006 |
Brain Chip University of Washington researchers have demonstrated an implantable device in live animals that can record signals from one part of the brain and send the impulses to a different part of the brain. |
HHMI Bulletin
May 2010
Ivan Arnato |
Light Moves Light is becoming the tool of choice for researchers who want to precisely manipulate neurons and other cells. |
Technology Research News
October 8, 2003 |
Design enables large neural nets Researchers have devised a neural network architecture that uses a different mix of optics and electronics than previous schemes in order to accommodate large numbers of neurons. |
HHMI Bulletin
May 2010
Jeffrey M. Perkel |
A Brighter View of the Brain in Action A protein sensor is beefed up to illuminate the language of neural networks. |
Science News
July 15, 2000
Ivars Peterson |
Pinpointing Prey The sand scorpion uses two types of sensors on the tips of its legs to detect mechanical vibrations transmitted over relatively short distances across the surface |
HHMI Bulletin
Fall 2012
Nora Taranto |
Wiring the Brain with CSF Research by HHMI investigator Bernardo Sabatini suggests that self-reinforcing loops of neural activity may drive the development of synapses in the basal ganglia, a region of the brain that uses sensory and social context to direct movement. |
IEEE Spectrum
March 2006
Samuel K. Moore |
Psychiatry's Shocking New Tools Electronic implants and electromagnetic pulses are picking up where psychoactive drugs have failed. |
Technology Research News
October 3, 2005
Eric Smally |
USC's Michael Arbib The Fletcher Jones Professor of Computer Science shares his views on trends in science and technology, his work, and the links between technology, neuroscience, and behavior. |
Popular Mechanics
May 2006
Logan Ward |
Your Upgrade Is Ready Evolution has done its best, but there's a limit to our bodies capabilities. Wanna be Superman? Better call the engineers. |
Popular Mechanics
January 28, 2009
Andrew Moseman |
Fringe Fact v. Fiction: Could Your Brain Actually Turn to Goo? In its 12th episode, Fringe brought back one of the all-time greatest, grossest sci-fi horrors: Liquefied brains. |
IEEE Spectrum
May 2013
Eliza Strickland |
A Wiring Diagram of the Brain Advances in medical imaging allow the Human Connectome Project to map neural connections |
HHMI Bulletin
Aug 2011
Jennifer Michalowski |
Memory Cells at the Ready Special neurons give rodents a leg up when facing unfamiliar territory. |
Technology Research News
March 24, 2004
Eric Smalley |
System susses out silent speech Scientists from the NASA Ames Research Center are taking advantage of the nerve activity that happens near the throat when humans speak in order to gain information about what a person is saying. |
HHMI Bulletin
Winter 2013
Rabiya Tuma |
Sister Act As a systems neuroscientist, Yang Dan integrates functional studies in animals with computer programs, computational tools, and statistics. |
