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- noun The design and manufacture of
neural prosthetics
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Today's New York Times reports on new developments in neuroprosthetics, implants enabling the control of technology like robotics and computers with your thoughts.
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This sort of technology, sometimes called neuroprosthetics, was recently profiled in an open-access Nature special and has allowed people to operate simple computer controls via their thoughts in experimental set-ups.
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This sort of technology, sometimes called neuroprosthetics, was recently profiled in an open-access Nature special and has allowed people to operate simple computer controls via their thoughts in experimental set-ups.
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Rupp's group of researchers have specialized especially in system for Functional Electrical Stimulation, what are known as neuroprosthetics, with which high-level paraplegics can regain part of the grasping function of a paralyzed hand.
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A thought-controlled voice synthesiser might be the next logical step for 'neuroprosthetics'.
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A thought-controlled voice synthesiser might be the next logical step for 'neuroprosthetics'.
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As an example, a recent piece of cognitive research published in The Journal of Neural Engineering reported that scientists have designed a brain implant capable of restoring lost memory function and strengthening information recall in rats -- a critical first step in showing that the cognitive function can be improved with neuroprosthetics and one which raises profound moral and ethical issues.
Klaus Schwab: Survival in the Age of Complexity Klaus Schwab 2011
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The article, titled "What if Bionics Were Better" is the final part in Wired News's excellent series on artificial limbs and neuroprosthetics.
Boing Boing: September 24, 2006 - September 30, 2006 Archives 2006
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O'BRIEN: This is the state of the art in neuroprosthetics, and let's listen to one of the lead authors in all this, Neurobiologist Andrew Schwartz, University of Pittsburgh.
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These findings are likely to have significant implications for the field of neuroprosthetics that aims to interface prosthetic replacements for damaged body parts directly with the nervous system.
Mind Hacks: Limb amputation reduces brain volume in thalamus 2006
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