{"63299":{"#nid":"63299","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Engineering Better Interface Between Brain and Machine","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWhether controlling movement\nof a prosthetic limb or the curser on a computer monitor, neural implants show\ngreat promise -- at first. However, their widespread use of the technology is\nhampered by a lack of reliability over time. Clear evidence of the reasons for\nthe failures remains elusive.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003ENow, a research team led by\na group of biomedical engineers at Georgia Tech and Emory University are\nseeking to improve brain-machine interface by irrefutably identifying why\ncurrent methods fail.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EDARPA has funded $4.5\nmillion for three years to support the multi-disciplinary team as they seek\nreasons for the failure of neural implants.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe research team includes:\nGeorgia Tech Professor and Principal Investigator Ravi Bellamkonda, Associate\nProfessors Garrett Stanley and Niren Murthy from the Wallace H. Coulter\nDepartment of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory University;\nSenior Vice Provost for Research and Innovation Mark\u0026nbsp;Allen and Professor\nRob Butera from Georgia Tech\u0027s School of Electrical and Computer Engineering;\nSenior Research Engineer Judson Ready from the Georgia Tech Research Institute;\nAssociate Professor of Pathology Themis Kyriakides from Yale University and\nAssociate Professor of Bioengineering Tracy Cui from University of Pittsburgh.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThis research is a great\nmatch between our desire to develop new, innovative ways to interface\ntechnology to the human nervous system, and DARPA\u2019s desire to overcome the\nscientific hurdles that are thwarting the development of the next generation of\nneuro-controlled prosthetic devices,\u201d Bellamkonda said.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia Tech and Emory researchers receive $4.5 million DARPA grant to improve brain-machine interface."}],"uid":"27462","created_gmt":"2010-12-23 14:23:01","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:07:57","author":"Liz Klipp","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2010-12-23T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2010-12-23T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"35782":{"id":"35782","type":"image","title":"Brain Scan","body":null,"created":"1449173167","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:06:07","changed":"1475894294","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:38:14"}},"media_ids":["35782"],"groups":[{"id":"1317","name":"News Briefs"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"690","name":"darpa"},{"id":"11509","name":"neural implants"},{"id":"2075","name":"prosthetics"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Tech Media Relations\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ELaura Diamond\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:laura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Elaura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-894-6016\u003Cbr \/\u003EJason Maderer\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:maderer@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Emaderer@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-660-2926\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["liz.klipp@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}