How to Catch Brain Waves in a Net
From: IEEE Spectrum - 09/2014 - page 40
By: Nitish V. Thakor

A mesh of electrodes draped over the cortex could be the future of
brain-machine interfaces

Last year, an epilepsy patient awaiting brain surgery at the renowned Johns
Hopkins Hospital occupied her time with an unusual activity. While doctors
and neuroscientists clustered around, she repeatedly reached toward a video
screen, which showed a small orange ball on a table. As she extended her
hand, a robotic arm across the room also reached forward and grasped the
actual orange ball on the actual table. In terms of robotics, this was
nothing fancy. What made the accomplishment remarkable was that the woman was
controlling the mechanical limb with her brain waves.

Read the entire article at:
http://spectrum.ieee.org/biomedical/bionics/how-to-catch-brain-waves-in-a-net

Related biomedical articles from the past:
DARPA Project Starts Building Human Memory Prosthetics
http://spectrum.ieee.org/biomedical/bionics/darpa-project-starts-building-human-memory-prosthetics

DARPA Wants a Memory Prosthetic for Injured Vets — and Wants It Now
http://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/biomedical/bionics/darpa-wants-a-memory-prosthesis-for-injured-vets

We Will End Disability by Becoming Cyborgs
http://spectrum.ieee.org/biomedical/bionics/we-will-end-disability-by-becoming-cyborgs

Dean Kamen's "Luke Arm" Prosthesis Receives FDA Approval
http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/biomedical/bionics/dean-kamen-luke-arm-prosthesis-receives-fda-approval

Amputee Successfully Feels Prosthetic Grip Strength Via Arm Electrodes
http://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/biomedical/bionics/sensitive-prosthetic-hand-gets-a-grip

NeuroPace: Controlling Epilepsy With a Brain Implant
http://spectrum.ieee.org/podcast/biomedical/bionics/neuropace-controlling-epilepsy-with-a-brain-implant

Prosthetic Hands Trigger Uncanny Valley Sense of Creepiness
http://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/biomedical/bionics/prosthetic-hands-trigger-uncanny-valley-sense-of-creepiness

Bionic Skin for a Cyborg You
http://spectrum.ieee.org/biomedical/bionics/bionic-skin-for-a-cyborg-you

Becoming Bionic: Engineering Beyond Biology
http://spectrum.ieee.org/static/becoming-bionic-engineering-beyond-biology

Flying Quadrotors with Your Mind
http://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/biomedical/bionics/flying-quadrotors-with-your-mind

"Bionic Eye" Implants Will Hit the US Market This Year
http://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/biomedical/bionics/bionic-eye-implants-will-hit-the-us-market-this-year