Tue 22 Aug 2006
Day #2 of neural interfaces workshop is done. You probably can’t see it, but Nathalia Peixoto is giving a short (5 minute/3 slide) presentation in the image to show off CNE/NDL/her own work. Sridhar and I presented a poster (4MB) which Sridhar Sunderam is mostly responsible for creating. There was a lot of good information which boils down to this:
(1) we need more flexible electrodes with smaller footprints (microwire/silicon with holes) to limit immune response to implantation.
(2) we need to allow the electrodes to “float” with the brain versus the skull with flexible conductors to minimize damage
(3) silicon electrodes with on-board amps and inductive-coil based power are still a dream
(4) chronic (18+ month) recording is still a serious problem
(5) CyberHand is so cool that DoD needs to start a competative project
(6) robot hand is good, but we need to work on tactile feedback
(7) we are still shooting in the dark
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