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Proton-Based Transistors for Future Prosthetics and Biofeedback Sensors
Posted on September 26, 2011 | No CommentsScientists at the University of Washington have built a novel transistor that uses protons, creating a key piece for devices that can communicate directly with living things. Applications in the not-so-near... -
Five years of funding ($18.5 Million) to Brain-Machine Connection Research
Posted on July 22, 2011 | No CommentsAn $18.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation will fund a new Engineering Research Centre for Sensorimotor Neural Engineering on the University of Washington campus — a place where researchers will figure... -
Brain Bluetooth to Control Movement
Posted on February 26, 2011 | 1 CommentResearchers are developing brain implants designed to communicate with prosthetics with the goal of turning thoughts into movement. A team of biomedical engineering is testing a multi-channel grid of disk-like... -
Implantable BCI Research Funded by $1 million
Posted on February 8, 2011 | No CommentsA research at University of Washington to restore brain function lost to disease or injury was recently funded by a $1 million, three-year grant from the W.M. Keck Foundation. If successful, the tiny,...
