On 7/14/14, 12:33 PM, Gregory Foster wrote: > DARPA (Jul 9) - "Restoring Active Memory Program Poised to Launch": > http://www.darpa.mil/NewsEvents/Releases/2014/07/09.aspx > >> Specifically, RAM performers aim to develop and test wireless, fully >> implantable neural-interface medical devices that can serve as >> “neuroprosthetics”—technology that can effectively bridge the gaps that >> interfere with an individual’s ability to encode new memories or retrieve >> old ones.
IEEE Spectrum (Aug 27) - "DARPA Project Starts Building Human Memory Prosthetics": http://spectrum.ieee.org/biomedical/bionics/darpa-project-starts-building-human-memory-prosthetics > “They’re trying to do 20 years of research in 4 years,” says Michael Kahana > in a tone that’s a mixture of excitement and disbelief. Kahana, director of > the Computational Memory Lab at the University of Pennsylvania, is mulling > over the tall order from the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency > (DARPA). In the next four years, he and other researchers are charged with > understanding the neuroscience of memory and then building a prosthetic > memory device that’s ready for implantation in a human brain. gf -- Gregory Foster || [email protected] @gregoryfoster <> http://entersection.com/ -- Liberationtech is public & archives are searchable on Google. Violations of list guidelines will get you moderated: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech. Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at [email protected].
