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Computerworld Magazine: Dawn M. Taylor on brain-computer interfaces

The researcher talks about decoding brain signals to bring sight, movement and sensation to the disabled.

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P. Hunter Peckham Awarded 2009 Hovorka Prize

P. Hunter Peckham, Donnell Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Orthopaedics, was named recipient of the Frank and Dorothy Humel Hovorka Prize, one of the highest honors a CWRU faculty member can receive.

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JumpStart and Case Technology Ventures Invest in Neuros Medical

JumpStart and Case Technology Ventures recently announced an investment commitment of $375,000 in Neuros Medical, Inc., a Cleveland, OH company commercializing neurostimulation technology developed at Case Western Reserve University.

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The Scientist: Of Cells and Wires

The first step to computer augmentation and neuroprosthetics lies in the connection between nerve cell and metal. How are scientists bridging the gap?

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Functional Electrical Stimulation: The Future of Rehabilitation?

Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES) offers numerous benefits to individuals living with disabilities. But education is paramount to ensure the safety and efficacy of this experimental treatment strategy.

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Robert Kirsch, PhD Elected to AIMBE College of Fellows

Robert Kirsch, PhD, Associate Director of Research, Cleveland FES Center has been elected by The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) to their College of Fellows.

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Launching the NEW Cleveland FES Center Website

Check out the NEW Cleveland FES Center website at www.FEScenter.org!

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Brain Signals Revive Paralyzed Muscles in Monkeys

Monkeys taught to play a computer game were able to overcome wrist paralysis with an experimental device that might lead to new treatments for patients with stroke and spinal cord injury.

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What do Scientists and Engineers Really Do?

What do Scientists and Engineers Really Do? This is what the students from a North Olmsted middle school class wanted to know.

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FES Perspective

On a bicycle just finishing a 40 mile morning ride in the Bronx (New York), Maria, then 28 years old, was hit from behind by a car resulting in a C5/C6 complete injury.

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May 22, 2013

Neuroprosthetics: Once More, With Feeling

Neuroprosthetics: Once More, With Feeling

Prosthetic arms are getting ever more sophisticated. Now they just need a sense of touch. The Modular Prosthetic Limb will help patients to feel and manipulate objects just as they would with a native hand.

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April 9, 2013

CWRU Study of BrainGate Could Help Paralyzed Patients Regain Movement

CWRU Study of BrainGate Could Help Paralyzed Patients Regain Movement

A group of engineers at Case Western Reserve University, whose goal is to help people with paralysis regain the use of their limbs, is launching a clinical trial to study a system that will measure how these people's brains communicate movement.

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March 14, 2013

Case Western Reserve University Joins BrainGate Clinical Trial

Case Western Reserve University Joins BrainGate Clinical Trial

Experts in muscle stimulation technology and brain-computer interfaces working to restore movement for people with paralysis

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