Becoming Bionic
From: IEEE Spectrum - 03/2012 - page 24
By: Jose M. Carmena

New brain-machine interfaces that exploit the plasticity of the brain may
allow people to control prosthetic devices in a natural way 

Imagine a piece of technology that would let you control an apparatus simply
by thinking about it. Lots of people, it turns out, have dreamed of just such
a system, which for decades has fired the imaginations of scientists,
engineers, and science fiction authors. It’s easy to see why: By transforming
thought into action, a brain-machine interface could let paralyzed people
control devices like wheelchairs, prosthetic limbs, or computers. Farther out
in the future, in the realm of sci-fi writers, it’s possible to envision
truly remarkable things, like brain implants that would allow people to
augment their sensory, motor, and cognitive abilities. 

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http://spectrum.ieee.org/biomedical/bionics/how-to-control-a-prosthesis-with-your-mind/0

Links:
Real-time control of a robot arm using simultaneously recorded neurons in the
  motor cortex 
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10404201

IEEE Spectrum content tagged with "Brain Machine Interface"
http://spectrum.ieee.org/tag/brain+machine+interface

Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation
http://www.christopherreeve.org/

I, Rodney Brooks, Am a Robot
http://spectrum.ieee.org/computing/hardware/i-rodney-brooks-am-a-robot

Brain-Machine Interface Systems Laboratory at UC Berkeley
http://www.eecs.berkeley.edu/~carmena/

Monkey's Brain Can "Plug and Play" to Control Computer with Thought
http://spectrum.ieee.org/robotics/medical-robots/monkeys-control-computer-with-thought

Electrocorticography
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrocorticography

Electroencephalography
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electroencephalography

Two-dimensional movement control using electrocorticographic signals in humans 
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18310813

Noninvasive brain-actuated control of a mobile robot by human EEG
http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.97.1834

Invasive vs. Noninvasive
http://spectrum.ieee.org/biomedical/bionics/how-to-control-a-prosthesis-with-your-mind/0/invasive-vs-noninvasive

Instant neural control of a movement signal
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11894084

Direct cortical control of 3D neuroprosthetic devices
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12052948

Learning to control a brain-machine interface for reaching and grasping by
  primates 
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14624244

Cognitive control signals for neural prosthetics
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15247483

A high-performance brain-computer interface
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16838020

Cortical control of a prosthetic arm for self-feeding
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18509337

Direct control of paralysed muscles by cortical neurons
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18923392

Neuronal ensemble control of prosthetic devices by a human with tetraplegia
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16838014

BrainGate
http://www.braingate2.org/

Emergence of a stable cortical map for neuroprosthetic control
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19621062

Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown
http://www.fchampalimaud.org/care-research/champlimaud-centre/

WiBi: Wireless Biology
http://bwrcs.eecs.berkeley.edu/faculty/janrabaey/?page_id=88

Active sensing of target location encoded by cortical microstimulation
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21382769

Active Sensing of Target Location Encoded by Cortical Microstimulation
http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/freeabs_all.jsp?arnumber=5722039

Active tactile exploration using a brain-machine-brain interface
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21976021

The Revolution Will Be Prosthetized
http://spectrum.ieee.org/robotics/medical-robots/winner-the-revolution-will-be-prosthetized

Dean Kamen's "Luke Arm" Prosthesis Readies for Clinical Trials
http://spectrum.ieee.org/biomedical/bionics/dean-kamens-luke-arm-prosthesis-readies-for-clinical-trials

Center for Neural Engineering and Prostheses
http://cnep-uc.org/

The Bionic Body Shop
http://spectrum.ieee.org/static/bionic