Michele Furlan
Founder President
Deep Brain Stimulation achieved without surgical operation
2018-12-09 08:26:02
Quite an impressive advancement for the field of neuroscience. Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) is a technique used to affect neural activity by delivering electrical stimulations to certain brain regions. Usually DBS is used to treat pathologies such as Parkinson, and requires a surgical operation to the skull in order to implant an electrode in the desired part of the brain. Now an Australian team of scientist achieved this result without the need of any surgical operation: the electrode is delivered to the desired brain region via blood vessels. Perhaps most importantly, the implanted electrode seems to be able to both record and affect our neural activity: one step closer to neural implants. Original article: https://spectrum.ieee.org/the-human-os/biomedical/devices/implant-stimulates-brain-from-inside-a-blood-vessel
Michele Furlan
Founder President
Robot walking: new improvements
2018-12-06 07:47:17
So far bipedal robots have been walking with a low, clumsy stance. Now IHMC researchers have been 'teaching' the Boston Dynamic Atlas to walk in a more elegant way - like us, humans. On top of a higher stance and a more fluid walk, Atlas shows also an improved balance in recovering from external disturbances. Original article: https://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/humanoids/ihmc-teaches-atlas-to-walk-like-a-human
Michele Furlan
Founder President
Cybernetic plants
2018-12-05 09:57:18