Mark Williams, Technology Review
“Researchers at Medtronic are developing a prototype neural implant that uses light to alter the behavior of neurons in the brain. The device is based on the emerging science of optogenetic neuromodulation, in which specific brain cells are genetically engineered to respond to light.
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PRNewswire
“A new neurosurgical procedure may prove helpful for patients with treatment-resistant depression. Bilateral epidural prefrontal cortical stimulation (EpCS) was found generally safe and provided significant improvement of depressive symptoms in a small group of patients, according to lead researcher Ziad Nahas, M.D. at the Medical University of South Carolina. The data are reported in the on-line issue of Biological Psychiatry.
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Ron Otten, Mobile Wellbeing
“First came the joystick. Then came the motion-sensing Wii remote. What´s next? Sensors and mobiles are opening up a new world: thought control.
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Brian Ahier, Health IT & Healthcare Reform
“New research from the University of Southampton has demonstrated that it is possible for communication from person to person through the power of thought alone.
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Sunny Bains, NewScientist
“A monkey sits on a bench, wires running from its head and wrist into a small box of electronics. At first the wrist lies limp, but within 10 minutes the monkey begins to flex its muscles and move its hand from side to side. The movements are clumsy, but they are enough to justify a rewarding slug of juice. After all, it shouldn’t be able to move its wrist at all.
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Bertalan Meskó, ScienceRoll
“My favourite medical tech blog, Medgadget.com, presented this great series of videos.”
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“La parálisis cerebral es un trastorno global que produce un desorden permanente y no progresivo del tono, la postura y el movimiento, debido a una lesión cerebral antes de que su desarrollo y crecimiento se complete.
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“Científicos de la Universidad de California, en Estados Unidos, han descubierto que la búsqueda en internet estimula los puntos centrales del cerebro que controlan la toma de decisiones y el razonamiento complejo.
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“The Army wants to develop a text-messaging system to communicate with service members suffering from traumatic brain injury. The system would help health care providers monitor TBI patients as well as prompt them to take treatment actions.”
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Peter Buxbaum, Government Health IT, 17 September 2008
“Relying on fleeting brain waves, a futuristic technology enables people with severe muscle disorder to operate computers and enter a 3-D virtual world to chat or stroll.
The technology, demonstrated by Junichi Ushiba of Keio University, opens up a world of possibilities for serious motion-impaired people to communicate with others and to work normally.”
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Malaysia Sun, 16 June 2008
“Israeli hospitals have recently started to use virtual reality therapy for stroke patients.
One commonly used program has the patient watch his virtual image on a screen. For example, tennis balls are virtually thrown at the patient from all directions and the patients’ actual hand motions are recorded on screen.”
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Amir Gilat, Innovations Report, 11 March 2008
