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CNT member receives National Science Foundation award to develop a new processor architecture for brain-computer interfaces

CNT member Amir Alimohammad (left) was recently awarded a three year, $320,000 grant. He will be collaborating with CNT members Steve Perlmutter (upper right) and Eberhard Fetz (lower right).
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The CNT continues to expand access to neural engineering education for middle and high school students, even through COVID-19

The CNT’s RET program has continued online, providing secondary school teachers with an immersive research experience and guidance developing neural engineering lesson plans for their students.
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A former CNT student brings his expertise and business startup experience back to the classroom

Lars Crawford, a UW Bioengineering graduate student, has a long history with the CNT, as well as experience developing a startup company. Recently, he returned to the Center to be a teaching assistant for the Neural Engineering Tech Studio.
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UW students thrive online, engineering devices to assist people with disabilities

Despite ongoing pressures from the novel coronavirus pandemic, students in the Neural Engineering Tech Studio designed and engineered devices to assist people with conditions such as paralysis, autism, blindness and Parkinson’s disease.
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Between technology and humanity

What makes us human? Center for Neurotechnology members from the UW Department of Philosophy are examining the ethics of tomorrow’s technology.
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Collaboration accelerates research

The CNT and Medtronic are working together to accelerate research into deep brain stimulation treatment for essential tremor, Parkinson’s disease and other neurological disorders.
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Awards support development of therapeutic neural interfaces

CNT member Amy Orsborn recently received two prestigious awards that will support her interdisciplinary research aimed at developing neural devices capable of healing and restoring function in the brain and body.
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Transforming technology ethics education

Marion Boulicault (right), a CNT neuroethics fellow, is part of a team working on transforming technology ethics education at MIT.

Featured Publications

Compact and Low-Power Neural Spike Compression Using Undercomplete Autoencoders

Amir Alimohammad
Direct stimulation of somatosensory cortex results in slower reaction times compared to peripheral touch in humans

David Caldwell, Jenny Cronin, James Wu, Kurt Weaver, Andrew Ko, Rajesh Rao, Jeff Ojemann
Flexible fiber-based optoelectronics for neural interfaces

Polina Anikeeva

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About the CNT

The Center for Neurotechnology is one of several Engineering Research Centers across the country supported by the National Science Foundation. Our headquarters are based at the University of Washington, and our core partners are MIT and San Diego State University.

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A former CNT student brings his expertise and business startup experience back to the classroom

Autoencoders help neural devices communicate with the brain

BrainTech Journal

Neural Bridge - Part 1

What is Neural Engineering

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RT @HowardChizeck: @ctr4neurotech @TechPolicyLab @BioRobotics_Lab https://t.co/cW7lTBBaHX — 2 hours 48 min ago
Amir Alimohammad (left), CNT member @SDSU, has received a grant from @NSF to develop a novel processor architecture… https://t.co/tpSwCUGJF3 — 2 days 22 hours ago
RT @EmoryNeuroethic: High school students—participate in a neuroethics essay & video prize competition hosted by @USBrainAlliance and… https://t.co/2qbaiGaoX3 — 2 days 22 hours ago