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March 12, 2010

A step closer to reading the mind

Scientists say for the first time they have understood someone's thoughts by looking at what their brain is doing....

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January 30, 2010

Henry Markram calls IBM's cat-scaled brain simulation a hoax

Dr. Henry Markram, a leading brain researcher spearheading the “Blue Brain” simulation, posted his concerns on the IBM “Cat Brain” Simulation, titled “IBM’s claim is a HOAX”...

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The cat is out of the bag

IBM / DARPA SyNAPSE announce new brain simulation By the end of 2009, IBM has announced the development of a brain simulation (machine simulation of cognitive activities) that approximates the complexity of a cat brain....

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December 30, 2009

OpenWetWare

OpenWetWare is an effort to promote the sharing of information, know-how, and wisdom among researchers and groups who are working in biology & biological engineering....

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December 05, 2009

The Brain-Machine Interface, Unplugged

By Prachi Patel. Originally posted to IEEE's Spectrum Researchers report prototype wireless neural interfaces Wireless brain-machine interfaces would be much more practical and could be implanted in several different areas of the brain to tap into more neurons. The key...

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October 29, 2009

Brain-Machine Interface Offers Hope to the Paralyzed

Originally posted to IEEE's The Institute, 09 October 2009 by Kathy Kowalenko Codirector of the Center for Neuroengineering at Duke University Medical Center, in Durham, N.C., Nicolelis and his team are developing a real-time interface together with a full-body exoskeleton...

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August 25, 2009

Using Deep Brain Stimulation on the Mind: Handle with Care

Originally posted to Dana's Cerebrum By Mahlon R. DeLong August 17, 2009 Deep brain stimulation has worked for many patients with Parkinson’s disease and other movement disorders that have not responded to other treatments. However, its use as a therapy...

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October 24, 2008

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. Published October 2008, IEEE Spectrum Online, Photo: James Martin/Getty Images...

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July 24, 2008

Trends in Brain Machine interfaces

Brain machine interfaces (BMIs) is a field that holds out the hope of allowing severely paralyzed people to communicate with the world, move their limbs, and even walk. Of course, making that happen is far from simple. Nevertheless, researchers are...

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June 27, 2008

A Chip to Better Control Brain Stimulators for Parkinson's

By Morgen E. Peck IEEE Spectrum Online, June 2008 Michigan engineers are developing a closed-loop deep-brain stimulation device for Parkinson's disease that would listen to the brain while stimulating it. PHOTO: Dr. Helen Mayberg...

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June 25, 2008

Researchers track down antibodies responsible for multiple sclerosis

Published in Research Headlines, Research Information Centre, European Commission Autoimmune diseases establish themselves when antibodies designed to protect the human body against foreign invaders turn against their own cells and tissues. In multiple sclerosis (MS), antibodies begin to attack nerve...

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June 12, 2008

Moving Mountains With the Brain, Not a Joystick

STILL using a mouse, keyboard, joystick or motion sensor to control the action in a video game? It may be time to try brain power instead. By ANNE EISENBERG Published: NY Times, June 8, 2008 Jim Wilson/The New York Times...

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May 26, 2008

Use of Deep Brain Stimulation Widens

Treatment's promise moves beyond movement disorders By Tom Valeo Posted in The DANA Foundation's BRAINWORK Vol. 18, No. 3 | May - June 2008 Electrically stimulating the hypothalamus of a morbidly obese man failed to curb his appetite, but jogged...

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May 02, 2008

The Mysterious Memristor

1 May 2008—Anyone familiar with electronics knows the trinity of fundamental components: the resistor, the capacitor, and the inductor. In 1971, a University of California, Berkeley, engineer predicted that there should be a fourth element: a memory resistor, or memristor....

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August 30, 2007

When Music Stops Making Sense: Lessons from an Injured Brain

In 2004, Ian McDonald, M.D., a British neurologist and amateur classical pianist, experienced a stroke that damaged a fairly small area of his brain. As a result, he temporarily lost his ability to read and play music from a score,...

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August 03, 2007

Electrodes stir man from six-year coma state

A brain-damaged man, trapped in a coma-like state for six years, has been brought back to consciousness by doctors who planted electrodes deep inside his brain. The doctors implanted DBS electrodes in the central thalamus, a region that plays a...

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July 31, 2007

Reducing brain activity: can software help you sleep?

People have long used soothing music or calming sounds to reduce brain activity and help them relax. But now, many are turning to specialized software and other technological means to quiet the conscious mind, making it easier to take a...

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May 11, 2007

Learn Like A Human

Why Can't A Computer Be More Like A Brain? "Computers, at long last, can play winning chess. But the program that can beat the world champion can't talk about chess, let alone learn backgammon. Today's programs-at best-solve specific problems. Where...

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May 09, 2007

Protein helps to control the excitability of our brain cells

Scientists have discovered that a small protein called SUMO helps to control the excitability of our brain cells. The researchers hope that their findings could lead to the development of new treatments for diseases such as epilepsy and schizophrenia. The...

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April 20, 2007

Rehabilitation Robots

Modern robotics provides many hopes in the field of medicine. Patients in rehabilitation can expect a closer working relationship with robotics, yielding impressive results. Source: European Commission, Research, Information Centre...

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April 07, 2007

Researchers erase traumatic memory from rats' brains

Scientists have succeeded in erasing the memory of a traumatic event while leaving other, associated memories intact. The work, which is published online by the journal Nature Neuroscience, was partly funded by the EU under the Sixth Framework Programme (FP6)....

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November 07, 2006

Brain-machine interfaces

Brain-machine interfaces promise to aid paralyzed patients by re-routing movement-related signals around damaged parts of the nervous system. a web focus by Nature...

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May 16, 2006

Neuromorphic Engineering: borrowing from biology makes for low - power computing

Can bioengineering immitate the analog to digital conversion performed by our inner ear? How do organs such as the inner ear deal with the imprecision of analog computing? If analog computing is so marvelously efficient, why is almost every electronic...

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April 03, 2006

Neural computers, a step closer: researchers get neurons and silicon talking

The development of organic computers, which use mammalian neurons to process or store information or neurological prosthetics for overcoming disorders of the central nervous system, might sound like the background plot for Terminator 4. However, breakthroughs achieved within the NACHIP...

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December 13, 2005

Reprogramming the Inner Ear: My Bionic Quest for Bolero

The author has been haunted by Ravel's masterpiece since he lost his hearing. A deaf man's pursuit of the perfect audio upgrade. The author spent years tweaking the software on his cochlear implant. By Michael Chorost, WIRED Magazine, November 2005...

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December 08, 2005

Fly like a Fly

The common housefly executes exquisitely precise and complex aerobatics with less computational might than an electric toaster Our goal is to understand flight control from the insect's perspective. What we have learned so far, and what we expect the experiment...

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October 24, 2005

Fiber to the Brain

Polymer nanowires threaded through the bloodstream may be a practical way to enter the cranium By threading nanowires through blood vessels in the neck, researchers hope to access the brain electrically and electronically without having to pierce the skull. By:...

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July 31, 2005

Building Better Lie Detectors With Neuroscience?

An article on IEEE Spectrum July 2005 issue....

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July 21, 2005

MIT World Series: Fundamentals of the Brain and Mind

MIT World Series: Fundamentals of the Brain and Mind: A Short Course in Neuroscience An MIT School of Engineering Professional Education Program...

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June 30, 2005

3rd European Neuro-IT and Neuroengineering School "Neuroengineering of Cognitive Functions "

3rd European Neuro-IT and Neuroengineering School – Neuroengineering of Cognitive Functions – June 18-25, 2005 Venice (Italy)...

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June 08, 2005

BrainGate a Neural Interface System

Partnering with leading rehabilitation centers in Boston, Chicago and Providence, Cyberkinetics is currently recruiting patients to enroll in a pilot clinical trial of the BrainGate™ Neural Interface System. The BrainGate™ System is designed to provide a means for people with...

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May 30, 2005

Visualizing Large-Scale Patterns of Activity in the Brain: Optical and Electrical Signals

The following Short Courses were held at SfN's (The Society for Neuroscience) 34th Annual Meeting in San Diego in October, 2004....

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April 20, 2005

Balancing Act: Noise is the key to restoring the body's sense of equilibrium

Balancing Act Noise is the key to restoring the body's sense of equilibrium By Jason D. Harry, James B. Niemi, Attila A. Priplata & James J. Collins (Posted on IEEE SPECTRUM Online, April 2005)...

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