Feb 15, 2007

Brain implants getting more robust

I think most people simply aren't aware of how much progress is being made in the area of brain implants and brain-machine interfacing. This article does a good job of demonstrating just how far this field has come in the past decade.

Medtronic discloses component for "brain radio"

"We want to measure the average activity of thousands of brain cells," said Tim Denison, a senior principal engineer at Medtronic Neurological Technologies, who presented the ISSCC paper. "Essentially we want to build a brain radio that we can tune to the particular frequencies of the patient," he added.

"...The Medtronic system is part of a broad category of neural stimulators, implantable devices that send electrical pulses to areas of the brain to control diseases such as Parkinson's disease, epilepsy and depression. The paper gave a rare glimpse look inside a next-generation device, revealing design struggles in power management and signal sensitivity..."

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

My brain functions are connected by means of radio-implants and microchips. The Machine emitted electromagnetic waves signals which prevent me normal functioning. I believe my eyes transmit pictures of what I see to a receiver for recording. I have no memory of having had anything physical nature done to me. I did undergo an MRI and other form of scan but unable to detect or remove them. I am requesting legal and medical assistance you can give this matter or forwarding this letter to someone who could cause investigation.

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