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LUNTIC DODGEMS. “Here we show that rhesus monkeys can learn to navigate a robotic wheelchair, using their cortical activity as the main control signal....monkeys employed the wireless BMI to translate their cortical activity into the robotic wheelchair’s translational and rotational velocities.” https://lnkd.in/ddkn2wJ View in LinkedIn

BRAIN-MACHINE INTERFACE. “Here we demonstrate that primates can learn to reach and grasp virtual objects by controlling a robot arm through a closed-loop brain–machine interface (BMIc) that uses multiple mathematical models to extract several motor parameters (i.e., hand position, velocity, gripping force, and the EMGs of multiple arm muscles) from the electrical activity of frontoparietal neuronal ensembles.” https://lnkd.in/d4WXCSr View in LinkedIn

EARLY MONKEY DATA. “The activity of motor cortex (MI) neurons conveys movement intent sufficiently well to be used as a control signal to operate artificial devices, but until now this has called for extensive training or has been confined to a limited movement repertoire. Here we show how activity from a few (7–30) MI neurons can be decoded into a signal that a monkey is able to use immediately to move a computer cursor to any new position in its workspace.” https://lnkd.in/d-wie9E View in LinkedIn

SENDING THOUGHTS. “IBM has various prototypes that read electrical impulses in parts of the brain associated with movement. In 2010 ZDNet UK visited an IBM research laboratory and was able to drive a remote-controlled car by 'thinking' of the direction it should go in.” https://lnkd.in/d93j7cx View in LinkedIn

IBM PREDICTIONS. "By 2016, consumers will have access to gadgets that 'read their minds', allowing them to call friends and move computer cursors, according to IBM.” https://lnkd.in/d93j7cx View in LinkedIn

FRAGMENT FROM NATURE deals with the genetic phenomenon called alternative splicing. By this mechanism, organisms can significantly amplify the number of proteins at their disposal, with a relatively small number of genes, thus making these new proteins available for adaptation and new functions. This illustrates how nature has arrived at an ingenious solution to generate, once again, the many from the few. View in LinkedIn

DURABLE IMPLANTS. “Two monkeys with brain implants have steered wheelchairs using only their minds, researchers said Thursday, in another step forward for a field seeking to mobilize people with paralysis. And the brain implants that made the mind-to-computer interface possible have lasted in the monkeys for seven years.” https://lnkd.in/dQvunCh View in LinkedIn