New Neuroprosthetic Approaches To Disorders Of The Nervous System
"New Neuroprosthetic Approaches To Disorders Of The Nervous System" Dr. Richard Normann Department of Bioengineering University of Utah Abstract: The development of new devices for interfacing to the central and peripheral nervous systems has greatly accelerated over the past two decades and many laboratories have begun to work in the emerging field of neural engineering. As these new devices have evolved, researchers have begun to explore their use as new therapeutic approaches to a number of nervous system disorders. I will review some of these new interface technologies and discuss a number of their potential applications: restoration of sight to the profoundly blind, control of external devices by volitional thought, restoration of stance and control of bladder function for paralyzed individuals. Information on upcoming lectures is available through the ECE Department calendar: http://www.ece.utah.eduFrom:ECE UtahViews:4 1ratingsTime:46:54More inEducation

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iGEM Bioengineering Competition Chooses Pittsburgh; Student Teams Compete
iGEM, the world #39;s largest synthetic biology competition, brought 190 collegiate teams of 3000 students from more than 30 countries to Pittsburgh #39;s Duquesne University on Oct. 13-14 to compete using engineering principles, standard molecular biology techniques and a bit of bacteria. CMU #39;s team advanced onto the finals at MIT Nov. 2-6. Learn more at ImaginePittsburghNow.comFrom:ImaginePghViews:7 0ratingsTime:03:00More inNews Politics

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BodyWorks motion capture of sportspersons
We #39;ve been doing some motion capture analysis at Strathclyde University with athletes who are helping us out with a new exhibit for BodyWorks. We #39;re recording their movements in the same way as the movements of Gollum in the Lord of the Rings films was captured. This video shows some of the folks recreating the movements they #39;d carry out playing their sport. Visitors will be challenged at the exhibit to guess the sporting activity based on just seeing the movement represented as dots on the screen (unlike the video above!). Big thanks to the bioengineering department at Strathclyde University for all their help with this! http://www.glasgowsciencecentre.orgFrom:scienceshowbobViews:0 1ratingsTime:00:38More inScience Technology

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Andras and Gabor Forgacs are the father-son team behind Modern Meadow, a company that wants to save the world with synthetic meat.

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Samples of in-vitro meat, or cultured meat grown in a laboratory, at the University of Maastricht.

Gabor Forgacs thinks he can convince Hindus to eat steak and vegetarians to eat meat.

The University of Missouri bioengineering professor introduced this idea at the October 2011 TEDMED conference in San Diego--an event featuring presentations from the worlds greatest minds in health and medicine. During his presentation, Gabor Forgacs ate a pork chop that some think can change the world.The thin, nearly translucent slab of meat was not cut from a slaughtered pig. Rather, it was created in a petri dish using a 3D printer.

This is not synthetic meat, Gabor said in the presentation. This is real meat because it is made of the same cells that meat is composed [of]. I think that the best word is in vitro meat.

Regardless of its classification, what Gabor ate that day has the potential to help solve several of the worlds most pressing economic and environmental challenges; deforestation, world hunger, fossil fuel dependency, animal cruelty, and climate change all stand to benefit from cultured meat production.

Now, Gabors son Andras Forgacs is trying to turn it into big business. In September 2011, Andras co-founded and became CEO of Modern Meadow, a company that plans to use Gabors bioprinting research to create leather goods and cultured meat for the consumer market.Im not a vegetarian, Andras said. I love beef. But I realize the resource intensity of animal farming ... We have a way of developing biomaterials like leather and meat where we just create the materials we use.

Using traditional methods, producing just one quarter pound hamburger requires 6.7 pounds of feed, 52.8 gallons of water, 74.5 square feet of land, and 1,036 Btus of fossil fuel energy (enough energy to power a microwave for 18 minutes), according to the December 2011 edition of Journal of Animal Science.

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