NeuroAbilities Webinar – From Lab to Real-World: Restoring Movement Control and the Feeling of Artificial Limbs with Brain Implants
Date: November 17, 2020
Location: Online
Overview:
Event Timing: 1:00 P.M. – 2:00 P.M. EST (US & Canada)
Watch the webinar recording on YouTube.
A conversation between a neuroscientist and a brain-computer interface (BCI) user, the first human to ever have electrodes implanted to enable sensation of an artificial limb.
Recent experiments have demonstrated that microelectrodes implanted in the sensorimotor cortex of a person’s brain can enable not only the movement control of an artificial limb, but also the sensation of it, thereby improving the speed and accuracy of reaching and grasping movements. The one-hour conversation will include an overview of where this neurotechnology stands today, from the researcher and user’s perspective, as well as a discussion of the real-world availability and support of this promising solution.
Featuring opening remarks by Patrick McGovern, Chair of the Board of Trustees, Patrick J. McGovern Foundation; Jennifer Collinger, PhD, University of Pittsburgh, a pioneer in research in intracortical brain-computer interfaces for individuals with tetraplegia, [...]