A research team from the University of Houston has created an algorithm that allowed a man to grasp a bottle and other objects with a prosthetic hand, powered only by his thoughts.
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A visual projection of human heartbeats can be used to generate an "out-of-body experience," according to new research to be published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science. The ...
Aug 14, 2013
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Delivering an electrical current to a part of the brain involved in movement control has proven successful in treating many Parkinson's disease patients. This approach, known as deep brain stimulation, requires implanting ...
Jun 1, 2017
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The stick can work just as well as the carrot in improving our performance, a team of academics at The University of Nottingham has found. A study led by researchers from the University's School of Psychology, published recently ...
Mar 13, 2013
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Since the 1980s, the cochlear implant has helped bring hearing to hundreds of thousands of people, but a new international effort aims to develop a new type of implant that will produce a keener, more natural form of hearing.
Apr 5, 2019
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Researchers at Tel Aviv University detected 73% of the lies told by trial participants based on the contraction of their facial muscles—achieving a higher rate of detection than any known method. The study identified two ...
Nov 19, 2021
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(Medical Xpress) -- Anyone who has seen a newborn in a hospital NICU knows the image is shocking. Wires and electrodes designed to monitor vital signals such as heart rate, brain signals and blood oxygen levels are taped ...
Jun 20, 2012
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A team of neuroengineers based at Brown University has developed a fully implantable and rechargeable wireless brain sensor capable of relaying real-time broadband signals from up to 100 neurons in freely moving subjects. ...
Feb 28, 2013
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A tiny, implantable carbon fiber electrode developed at the University of Michigan and demonstrated in rats has the potential to provide a long-term brain-computer interface that can capture the scope and nuance of electrical ...
Jul 8, 2021
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A combined team of researchers from the University of California and Oregon Health and Science University, has developed a microelectrode array to precisely monitor electrophysiology during spinal surgery. They have published ...
