Brainstorming Bionics
Researchers forging neural links for finer control of artificial limbs
From: EETimes - 08/27/2007 - page 1
By: Rick Merritt

Someday, users of artificial hands may be able to play the piano, thanks to
implanted devices that read and harness subtle control signals in their
brain. Researchers at an IEEE bioengineering conference here last week
reported advances in neural technology as well as the hurdles still ahead for
delivering such capabilities. 

"A prosthesis revolution is under way, and a lot of the mechanical problems
are getting solved," said Nitish Thakor, a professor of biomedical
engineering at Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore), speaking at one of two
workshops on neural systems. "Now the challenge is linking [prosthetic
devices] to the nervous system to control them in a real-time fashion."  

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Nitish Thakor
http://www.jhu.edu/nthakor/

Daryl Kipke
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Neural Intervention Technologies, Inc.
http://www.neuralinterventions.com

NeuroNexus Technologies, Inc.
http://www.neuronexustech.com