Temple University Neural Instrumentation Lab » Bioengineering Reading Group

NY Times Article – Prosthetic Arms that Listen to the Brain

iobeid — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 02:15:07 +0000

Here’s a great story in the NY Times about how the Kuiken Arm technology has been progressing and expanding beyond the original patient. Seems its gotten quite sophisticated.

Emotiv – Brain Controlled Video Games

iobeid — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 02:56:21 +0000

Apparently, the much ballyhooed brain driven video game controller is too slow and noisy and … lame … to be of any practical use… Here’s the link.

High Tech Teaching

iobeid — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 21:41:59 +0000

Would you be more likely to attend lecture if you classes were run like this? Discuss…

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/13/us/13physics.html

Brain Controlled Toys

iobeid — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 22:12:47 +0000

Two brain controlled toys have been demonstrated at the 2009 consumer electronics show in Las Vegas. The reviews aren’t exactly rave, but the concept is neat and I’ll bet we’ll see more and better versions of these down the line. I first read about these here.

Matlab Coding Tips

iobeid — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 20:40:05 +0000

Here are two great articles from the Mathworks site. I wasn’t aware that Matlab supported object oriented programming. I foresee a giant time-suck in my immediate future as I try to master this new discovery. The “pitfalls” article is also very handy:

Matlab Object Oriented Programming (click here)
Matlab Common Pitfalls (click here)

Spinal Cord Stimulation

iobeid — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 02:06:35 +0000

Here is an interesting article from IEEE Spectrum on Advanced Neuromodulation Systems’ spinal pacemaker that is being used to fight chronic pain. Click here for the full story.

Brain Damage

iobeid — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 21:43:20 +0000

Here is an excellent article from the Washingtonian magazine about a very intelligent woman who was in a very minor fender bender car accident. Although there was hardly any damage to her car, her brain was injured and as a result she had severe chronic problems with memory and concentration. I am constantly amazed by how the brain can be simultaneously so robust and yet so delicate.

BMI Breakthrough

iobeid — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 21:38:10 +0000

Here is an interesting article summarizing some exciting new research from the Fetz lab at the University of Washington. They’ve gotten a monkey to control paralyzed wrist muscles using signals from the motor cortex. The summary article appears in IEEE Spectrum; the research itself was published in Nature.

Senior Design Team 2008

logicwax — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 20:03:58 +0000

Dr. Obeid’s 2008 Senior Design Team

From left to right: Dr. Obeid, Lee Chavous, Drew Taylor, Jesse Krigelman, Matthew Brooks

Download Presentation videos:

Presentation (Xvid Mpeg-4 – 312MB)
Poster Presentation (WMV – 104MB)
Trial Run (Xvid Mpeg-4 – 179MB)

For more info:
www.naviaproject.com

Kuiken Arm

iobeid — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 00:05:17 +0000

This page is a listing of external articles relevant to the Kuiken prosthetic arm under development.

Sensitive Synthetic Skin in the Works for Prosthetic Arms