MIT engineers have developed a new computerized device that integrates between neurons and muscles. Neurons are the core component of the brain and send sensory information and reflexive instructions that guide how people operate and move about. The goal of the quarter-sized computer chip inserted into the body is ostensibly to understand how neurons impact neuromuscular medical conditions such as ALS, but they also point to the progress being made in computer-to-brain integration. MIT device replicates connection between neuron and muscle MIT’s microfluidic device replicates the connection where the nerve meets the muscle. The computer chip can stimulate neurons and…
Big Advances In Brain / Computer Integration
Mark Melin
Mark Melin is an alternative investment practitioner whose specialty is recognizing the impact of beta market environment on a technical trading strategy. A portfolio and industry consultant, wrote or edited three books including High Performance Managed Futures (Wiley 2010) and The Chicago Board of Trade’s Handbook of Futures and Options (McGraw-Hill 2008) and taught a course at Northwestern University's executive education program.