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SUMMARY:NeuroTechnologies for a Better Quality of Life
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CATEGORIES:Inaugural lectures - Honorary Lecture
DESCRIPTION:Prof. Silvestro Micera\nNeuroengineering is a novel discipline
  combining engineering including micro and nanotechnology\, electrical and
  mechanical\, and computer science with cellular\, molecular\, cognitive n
 euroscience with two main goals: (i) increase our basic knowledge of how t
 he nervous system works\; (ii) develop systems able to restore functions i
 n people affected by different types of neural disability. In the past yea
 rs\, several breakthroughs have been reached by neuroengineers in particul
 ar on the development of neurotechnologies able to restore sensorimotor fu
 nctions in disabled people.\nIn this presentation\, three main research ac
 tivities on this topic carried out by my laboratory in the past years will
  be presented. First\, the recent results achieved after the implantation 
 of intraneural electrodes in an amputee will be presented. We showed that 
 using this approach it is possible to restore the bidirectional connection
  between a dexterous hand prosthesis and the nervous system. The user was 
 also able to improve his ability to provide useful motor commands over tim
 e.\nSecondly\, the progress towards the development of robotic systems for
  the comprehension and restoration of the neural control of movements such
  as reaching and walking will be also shown.\nFinally\, my ongoing activit
 ies to develop the first implantable vestibular neuroprosthesis will be al
 so briefly described.
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