Imagine being trapped in your own body, unable to move or communicate effectively. This may seem like a nightmare, but it is a reality for many people living with brain or spinal cord injuries.
Join us as we talk with Jaimie Henderson, a Stanford neurosurgeon leading groundbreaking research in brain-machine interfaces. Henderson shares how multiple types of brain implants are currently being developed to treat neurological disorders and restore communication for those who have lost the ability to speak.
We also discuss the legacy of the late Krishna Shenoy and his transformative work in this field.
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Henderson's Neural Prosthetics Translational Lab
BrainGate Consortium – "Turning thought into action"
Commentary on Neuralink's brain-interfacing technology by Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute Faculty Scholar Paul Nuyujukian (WIRED, 2023; NBC Bay Area, 2024)
Brain Implants Helped 5 People Recover From Traumatic Injuries (New York Times, 2023)
Brain to text technology is about more than Musk (Washington Post, 2023)
The man who controls computers with his mind (New York Times Magazine, 2022)
Software turns ‘mental handwriting’ into on-screen words, sentences (Stanford Medicine, 2021)
Learn about the work of the late Krishna Shenoy
Krishna V. Shenoy (1968–2023) (Nature Neuroscience, 2023)
Krishna Shenoy, engineer who reimagined how the brain makes the body move, dies at 54 (Stanford Engineering, 2023)
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