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Smart prosthetics exploring assistive devices for the body and mind : Task group summaries : Conference, Arnold and Mabel Beckman Center of the National Academies, Irvine, California, November 9-11, 2006
Title
Smart prosthetics [electronic resource] : exploring assistive devices for the body and mind : Task group summaries : Conference, Arnold and Mabel Beckman Center of the National Academies, Irvine, California, November 9-11, 2006 / National Academies, Keck Futures Initiative.
ISBN
9780309104661 (pbk.)
0309104661 (pbk.)
Published
Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, c2007.
Physical Description
1 online resource (xiv, 125 p.)
Notes
Description based on print version record.
Variant and related titles
National Academies Press.
Other formats
Print version: Smart prosthetics. Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, c2007
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 23, 2013
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
Describe a framework for replacing damaged cortical tissue and fostering circuit integration to restore neurological function
Build a smart prosthesis that will grow with a child (such as a heart valve or cerebral shunt, or a self-healing prosthesis)
Develop a smart prosthetic that can learn better and/or faster
Brain interfacing with materials: recording and stimulation electrodes
Refine technologies to create active orthotic devices
Structural tissue interfaces: enabling and enhancing continual maintenance and adaptation to mechanical and biologic factors
Sensory restoration of perception of limb movement and contact
Design a functional tissue prosthesis
Create hybrid prostheses that exploit activity-dependent processes
Can brain control guide or refine limb control?
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National Academies (U.S.). Keck Futures Initiative.
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