Welcome to the combined July/August 2014 IEEE Life Sciences eNewsletter
An innovation at the 2013 IEEE Life Sciences Grand Challenges Conference (LSGCC 2013) was a “NeuroNight” session, where bioengineering experts working in applications of neural research and rehabilitation were invited to discuss their research projects. We are happy to bring you three articles and an interview from speakers at that session. Dr. Nigel Lovell is interviewed on his two-decade-long work on visual prosthetics. Dr. Nitish Thakor tells us of his development of a microfabricated chip which allows the in vitro study of neural cell processes. Dr. Jose Millán describes a closed control loop including Brain-Machine Interface (BMI) in the design of inteligent neuroprostheses. And Dr. Cuntai Guan and associates report on the use of BMI in patient rehabilitation.