(12) Jan 27, XII - Motor Neuroprosthetics (hs)
Topics addressed in the lecture:
- Interdisciplinary nature of brain-machine interfaces (BMI)
- Invasive and non-invasive BMI
- Sensory BMI
- Motor BMI
- Ethical considerations related to neural enhancement
- Future perspectives of neural prosthetics
Examples for question you should be able to answer:
- How do sensory and motor prosthesis function differently? What communication methods do they use for transmitting information?
- What are the main advantages and disadvantages of invasive and non-invasive BMI?
- What are currently the main obstacles/reasons that prevent BMI technology to be widely used in paralyzed patients?
Important concepts:
- Decoding of neural signals for BMI
- Advantages and disadvantages of invasive BMI
- BMI miniaturization needed for clinical applications
- Neural prosthetics vs. neural enhancement