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I worked in a lab over the summer to develop non-invasive methods to give quadriplegics control over a robotic arm. Although implants have a ways to go, this de
by vegetablepotpie 7y ago
I worked in a lab over the summer to develop non-invasive methods to give quadriplegics control over a robotic arm. Although implants have a ways to go, this development is encouraging. I'm excited to see where this technology will go, hopefully it will lead to giving quadriplegics more autonomy in their lives.
- ilaksh 7y agoAre you familiar with Neuralink? They showed a video with like 1000 connections.. vastly more than this example.
- Tepix 7y agoThey have 64 connections but use only 32 due to limited computational power.
- vegetablepotpie 7y agoYes, it’s really interesting and my futurist friend theorizes about the possibilities when we hike. The neuroscientists I work with are skeptical of Neuralink because there isn’t a precedent to do invasive surgeries on healthy patients. I hope the company is successful, their work will teach us a lot about the brain. We’re trying less invasive, non surgical methods, to control appendages that we anticipate will be cheaper and lower risk.
- foobiekr 7y agoHow are implants doing with regard to long life? Scar tissue seems to be a problem.
- WMCRUN 7y agoNew electrodes are much thinner, and some are designed to prevent this.
- vegetablepotpie 7y agoThat’s interesting because the implants I’m aware of usually operate little more than 2 years.
- epiphanitus 7y agoHave you guys published a paper yet? I am fascinated by the subject and am really curious how you did it.
- vegetablepotpie 7y agoI’m working on a case study of the project that I’m going to submit to a journal with my professor. Basically our approach is to use eeg, eye movements and head movements to let patients control an arm with the goal of making them more independent.