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The aim of this blog is to show what’s happening at the Center for Neurotechnology among its faculty, student and staff members. To learn more about the center and its work, visit our Feature Stories page.
The Center for Sensorimotor Neural Engineering has hosted a total of 16 students in the Young Scholars Program (YSP), a model developed and supported by the National Science Foundation, over the last few years.
The YSP provides summer research experiences for high school students and aims to develop students’ knowledge and skills related to sensorimotor neural engineering.
Imagine moving a mechanical arm just by thinking about it, or playing a video game using only your mind. Scientists and engineers have been developing this technology for decades. It's called brain-computer interfaces.
If you had a prosthetic limb, you might find it helpful to be able to better sense where the limb is or actually feel ownership of it. If you struggle from vertigo, a sensation of spinning related to problems with the inner ear, you might benefit from a system that helps ease the dizziness. And if you’ve had a stroke, you might want to use a technology that helps you improve the way you walk.
These technologies and systems were on display by three teams during the 2015 Tech Sandbox Competition, a course at the University of Washington created by Dr. Lise Johnson, university education manager at the Center for Sensorimotor Neural Engineering.
More than 30 local scientists and artists will unveil work on May 26 that looks at the interface between art and science at the second Art Neureau, an exhibit organized by University of Washington graduate students.
Aiva Ievins, who studies neuroscience, said Art Neureau began after she and other students learned about Professor Eb Fetz’s art during a lunch presentation. Fetz has a deep interest in art, primarily in multimedia representations of mind-brain relationships. He has taught courses on “Art and the brain” and has published papers on the topic, too.
Neuroscience and research related to the brain are popular these days. And the popularity has spread to the classroom.
A massive open online course entitled Computational Neuroscience has more than 21,000 students enrolled. The course, taught by Rajesh Rao and Adrienne Fairhall of the University of Washington, had some 32,000 students last year. It is being offered through Coursera, which partners with top universities and organizations around the world and offers more than 1,000 courses for anyone to take, for free.
