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.
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Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, c2007.
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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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
