Hola Homies!
So this story really caught my attention last week on CNet:
http://news.cnet.com/8301-27083_3-57559675-247/brain-implants-let-paralyzed-woman-move-robot-arm/
Dude! This chick can control a robotic arm using her thought! Do you know what a ginormous deal this is? She is a quadraplegic and hasnt had movement in her limbs for YEARS. How frustrating that must be.
Here's a link to the article about the microchip that made it all happen:
http://news.cnet.com/8301-11386_3-57436475-76/paralyzed-woman-moves-robotic-arm-using-thought-alone/
Here's the research article published in the medical journal:
http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736%2812%2961816-9/fulltext
Here's a news piece on the robot arm. Somebody remind me to show it in class. Ignore the Star Wars references (nerds!):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9ZCJ6Nzmxg
So for credit this week go to one of the articles and pull out a fact you find amazing. As always, READ TUESDAY BLOG THURSDAY.
Talk to me . . .
71 comments:
I found out that, that lady figured out to use tha limb on the second day of training.
Kayleyne Beighey, Period 6
The only fact that i think is cool is the fact that the lady(and all the other people who used the robot arm-ah!) were all happy and stuff because they could do stuff for themselves again...other than that this robot thing is super scary!
nolan-1st
She's become the first to demonstrate that people with a long history of quadriplegia can successfully manipulate a mind-controlled robot arm with seven axes of movement.and i think thats a amazing thing
geovanni alfaro 1st
I found it really cool that the lady that couldnt move at all can now controll this robtic arm all on her own.
Brooke Whitaker
i think it is awsome that a chip as small as a baby asprin can make a paralized women move an arm
haley gresham-1st
It took her less than a year to be able to seize a chocolate bar with the arm. That may seem like a long time but it's actually incredible progress.
Stroup 1st
I find it interesting that a 96-electrode sensor the size of a baby aspirin can move such advanced technology.
Mitchell-1st
Jan Scheuermann brain was implanted with two quarter-inch square electrode grids.
Reyes-1st
I think the fact that the 96-electrode is so tiny and can make such a big difference is very amazing.
Marium 1st
Everything is cool about this story, this invention is amazing and gives hope to many other people out there that can't move their hands. we can see how technology keeps advancing for good and for bad.
jose gonzalez 1st
I find it pretty amazing that this woman who can't move at all can move a robotic arm in just 13 weeks! She has made some very good progress.
Nichole Marshall, 2nd period
i liked all of it honestly but what i found very interest was the amount of time it took her to learn to use this splendid technology, only 13 week before she was able to use it
N sanchez 2nd
The fact that the scientists can create something so small as quarter-inch square electrode grids it cool. And that they can read her brain is really cool too.
SDPearson 2nd Period
I find it amazing that it interprets brain signals to guide a robot arm. That all together is cool to me. This is showing how far technology has come.
Raven R. Moore, 2nd
I found the 96-electrode sensor amazing it was the size of a baby aspirin and could move such advanced technology.i think that is very interesting
kadejia flanagan
2nd period
i think its amazing that theyve actually learned how to pick up brain activit nd know what it means like what that person wants the arm to do, but its kinda freaky at the same time.
kolten king
its actually good how technology improves everyday and how even it helps out the people who are hurt in anyway. its really awsome how she can move her hand with the robotic hand.
-karen torres 2nd
I find the fact that they have devopled somthing that can read and decode the eletrical impulses of the human brain to be astounding.
Grayson Skidmore 2nd.
i think its amazing how that chip can control a a robotic arm and make the women move her arm again.
Maryori Giron
2nd period
I really liked the Brain implants that let a paralyzed woman move robot arm, that helps her pick up things. Thanks to electrodes in her brain, quadriplegic Jan Scheuermann can manipulate objects for the first time in years. I think that this implant is really making a huge impact on Jan's life, since she cant do everything everyone else can do. It is really something awesome.
Emily Wallace 2nd
<3 HAPPY VALENTINES DAY Y'ALL...JK!!!!!! I HHHAAATTTTEEE THIS STUPID HOLIDAY. Bahhumbug :/
I think its pretty cool how researchers discovered that by implanting a 96-electrode sensor the size of a baby aspirin onto the surface of a humans brain made it possible for someone to be able to manipulate a robotic arm with their mind.
Ka'Lyn Gladney 2nd
"She reached out with the robotic arm, she thought about the use of her own hand, she picked up that thermos of coffee, brought it close to her, tilted it toward herself, and sipped coffee from a straw. And that was the first time in nearly 15 years that she had picked up anything and been able to drink from it solely of her own volition."
I think it is amazing that se finally can pick things up after that many years.
Gabriel Garrett 2
I found the fact that something as small as the size of a baby aspirin can change someones life so significantly. By implanting a 96-electrode people dealing with disabilities have the hope of gaining back a sense of there independence.
Woodson~2nd
It took the process of training about 2 months, and two days for her to be able to use this arm succesfully, also all this was funded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, which is a military agency so mostlikely this is going to be for the soldiers coming back for war or something.
Salvador Rodriguez- 2nd
I find it amazing at the fact that a women who hasnt been able to do things for herself for fifteen years was able to eat a piece of chocolate by herelf after so long. But what is even more amazing is in such a short spand of time she accomplished more than anyone imagined. This makes me appreciate things alot more:)
-Mikaela Period 2
I think the robotic arms are very cool and useful, it gives the people with no limbs back their independence, the only problem is that they will have cords coming out they head
I love the fact that people can now depend on themselves if they lose a limb or something, the chip is really small though, it's a 96-electrode sensor the size of a baby aspirin.
Eddie Ramirez - 2nd
The brain implant that allows trhe girl to use a roboitic arm is amazing. She can grab a chocolate bar. but everything has its pros and cons. one bad thing about it is that she has all them wires in her head ...
Delton Scott 2nd
I think the fact that it took her less than a year to be able to move the chocolate bar with the bionic arm, after just after a few weeks.. Next thing we now people with missing limbs will be bionic!
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Tyvan Tipps 2nd
The brain implant that allows the girl to use a robotic arm is amazing. She can grab a chocolate bar. but everything has its pros and cons. one bad thing about it is that she has all them wires in her head, someone could pull the wires out...
Delton Scott 2nd
I think the robotic arm is cool and useful. it gives independence to those who have no limbs but it going to look wierd because they are going to have cords sticking out of their heads
Andrew Gipson, 2nd
It took the woman a total of 13 weeks to be able to move the robotic arm. This is cool and unique because one day some disabled people will be walking around with robotic limbs or bodies.
Fernando Rodriguez, 6th Period
What i find amazing about the women who could move a robot machine just by pluggin in some cords to her brain, shes able to move the robot by just controling it with her mind i find it pretty cool for a paraliezed person.
Cruz-6
What it really cool is that the lady who couldnt move at all after 13 weeks now can control the robotic arm.
ignacio sanchez
Uhhh you want us to pick one thing thats cool about this but I mean come on what isnt cool about this!? Its a robot arm! That in itself is pretty cray cray! But the fact that this woman is the first person who has had quadriplegia for a long tame but can now successfully manipulate a mindo controlled robot arm with seven axes of movement leaves me dumbfounded. Like for real she can control it with her mind! Thats pretty mindboggling!
Mirnada Cheever 6th
scientist is shacking minds with some cheap ee gear
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jordan krolski
2/14/13
7th
By implanting a 96-electrode sensor the size of a baby aspirin onto the surface of their brains, researchers have enabled two quadriplegic participants to use their thoughts alone to perform tasks with two types of robotic arms. It is hard to believe that something so small can allow someone who has had no movement in years to suddenly be able to do simple daily tasks. I mean that is just freaking sweet.
Tyler Johnston, 7th
i like the fact that a 96-electrode sensor the size of a baby aspirin goes inside your brain
denerrell jones 7th
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I think the rbotic arm is fantastic and a next step for advancements in medical technology and sci-fi electronics. The micro chip implant capable of 96 contact points to move the right arm and hand is THE basis of this fantastic contraption and will be the revolutionary start of amazing prosthetics.
Vazquez Manuel, 7th
i found it interesting that the 96-electrode sensor is the size of a baby asprin and its the thing that makes this entire project possible.
untiedt,7th
i thought it was cool how jan became the fist person to use the mind-controlled robot arm with seven axes of movement.
Anthony Martinez
7th period
One fact that i found was that it wasnt only on a lady but a man also did this with her and they had nearly identical results.
Villarreal 7th
The lady was the first quadriplegic to successfully move a robotic arm using her brain, with the help of technology of course. This is so cool, because we, as society, are open to so many more inventions with the use of neuro prostetics!
Hill, 7th
I found that its operated by two tiny 96-channel intracortical microelectrodes that were inplanted in the patients brain.
I found out that the paralyzed woman could not move at all. Now she uses an arm at her own will.!
McShan -7th:)
I think it's cool that 96-electrode sensor the size of a baby aspirin onto the surface of some ones brains.
Reyes 7th
Marisol Alvarado- 7th period
The micro chip that was implanted on Jan Scheuermann's brain. It's a 96-electrode sensor the size of a baby aspirin that's implanted onto the surface of th brain. This enables Scheuermann to use her thoughts alone to perform tasks with two types of robotic arms.
Jan Scheuermann, also known as S3, underwent 158 trials over the course of four days, and was able to touch the target within an allotted time 48.8 percent of the time using the DLR robotic arm and hand and 69.2 percent of the time using the DEKA arm and hand, whose grasp is wider. This peice of technology is truly amazing!
Marisol Alvarado- 7th period
This whole robotic arm is pretty amazing jus the fact that the 96-electrode sensor is the size of a baby aspirin is cool.. but this is a huge step into getting parapaligest, movement again.. this would probly be in 5 to 10 yrs
corpus 7th
It Took The Lady Less Than A Year To Be Able To Seize A Chocolate Bar With The Arm.
Espino, 7th
this is amazing how revolutionary this is, This technology, which interprets brain signals to guide a robot arm, has enormous potential that we are continuing to explore. Our study has shown us that it is technically feasible to restore ability; the participants have told us that BCI gives them hope for the future
thomas mcclendon 7th
It took her less than a year to be able to operate the robot arm which seems like a long time but for something like that its pretty fast.
Kline-7th
I think it is sooo cool that the chip that was implanted into her brain, was the size of a baby asprin! It's so small but it does such a huge amount of things!
Kelsey Rogers 8
I think the fact that within a week of surgery, she could reach in and out, left and right, and up and down with her robot arm is really amazing.
Justin Wharton 8th
The simple commands that the lady is preforming are just on a computer monitor and then turned into actual 3D movement. It is crazy how much technology has advanced to be able to do things like this.
Sydney 8
I foud it really cool that the woman did much better than expected. I mean being able ot control a robotic arms with her thoughts? It's pretty amazing how much technologty has advanced in the past ten years.
Santoyo, 8th.
The fact that the brain waves stimulate a chip in the brain which are translated into movement instuctions for the hand is pretty cool
Cody Swink 8th Period
Westside
I find it soooo cool that the arm moves from thoughts alone! The woman thought about picking up the cup of coffee, so the hand reached out and actually did it... groundbreakinggg!!
Faith Deckard- 8th period
The fact that i found was that:"Her rapid progress has led researchers to estimate that similar robot arms could be available to far more patients in 5 to 10 years".
Seannah,8th
beside the fact that she is paralized she can move a robot arm with her thoughts. freaky stuff man
jay straitbeast coutee
8th
I find it amazing that Jan Scheuermann is not able to use he limb to feed her self, but with this new technology she's capable of grabbing a chocolate bar with a robor arm.
Noriand Marrero 8th Period
I really like the fact we are advancing through technology up to even giving a paralyzed woman a robotic arm to do everyday things. this can also lead up to helping soldiers who fought in the war and lose a limb or two. or even people that grow up without any limbs. this can change the world!
8th Landeros
I think it is amazing that a woman who has been paralyzed for 15 years now has the ability to use her thoughts alone to perform tasks with the use of a robotic arm with the simple implanting of a 96-electrode sensor the size of a baby aspirin onto the surface of her brain.
Maggie King, 8th
When reading the article on cnet, I saw that the 96-senosor was the size of a baby aspirin. That is amazing that such a tiny little object can do such dramatic and uselful things like enable a paralyzed women to move a robotic arm. Technology is quite amazing if I say so myself.
Geetha Pokala, Period 8
One fact that i found amazing is that the chip that the lady is using to control this robotic arm is not even big. I thought the chip would be like at least half of an index card?.
Coulston 8th Pd.
i found it intersting that it took her less than a year to be able to seize a chocolate bar with the arm.
Also that she became the first to demonstrate that people with a long history of quadriplegia can successfully manipulate a mind-controlled robot arm with seven axes of movement.
Alan Fuentes-8
The fact I find amazing is that they implanted 96-channel intracortical microelectrodes onto the motor cortex of a 53 y/o tetraplegic woman, allowing her to use a prosthetic limb with 7 dimensions of movement. I wanna do that with a playstation controller so i could play games and do whatever all at the same time.
Valencia, 8th
when she was undergoing the trials for the robotic arm usage the DEKA was better than the DLR by a little more than 20%.
idalia.a
I found the 96-electrode sensor amazing it was the size of a baby aspirin and could move such advanced technology.I think that is very interesting
Hailey Woods 2 (2/18/13)
I'm talking about the High Performance neuroprosthetic control becuase it just amazes me. Individuals with long term paralysis could recover the natural command signals for hand placement and orientation.
Courtney - 7
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