#backyard brains

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Just shocking myself for children’s amusement…

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TED Talk - Greg Gage: How to control someone else’s arm with your brain

Another short TED talk, but a good one! In it, Greg Gage uses what looks like an Arduino powered system called Backyard Brains to [indirectly] hook a woman's brain up to a man's ulnar nerve, giving her control over his arm [the fidelity doesn't seem too high - but the fact that this is something that can be accomplished using a DIY kit is astounding].

I wonder if this technology could be used to prototype primitive exoskeleton mechanisms? I definitely need to get some of these products to fool around with!

[backyardbrains]

Fly as a circuit element part 2

Completing a circuit via fruit fly. Turns out fruit flies aren’t a great conductor and have a resistance of about 3 megaohms.

But megaohms can’t stop science.

[backyardbrains]

Backyard Brains welcomes the 2015 Summer Intern class! Today's training produced 5 out of 7 working RoboRoaches!

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the Backyard Brains philosophy is DIY so we make extensive use of 3d printers and other open source tools

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The brain is complex, but extremely fascinating. We need more people interested in studying the brain because 20% of the world will have a neurological disorder... and there are no cures! To study the brain, you typically have to be a graduate student at a major university. Not any more! Backyard Brains enables everyone to be a neuroscientist! We provide affordable neuroscience experiment kits for students of all ages to learn (hands-on) about electrophysiology. Now everyone from schoolchildren to grad students and every grade in between can experiment with similar tools used by real neuroscientists worldwide! By following a few simple steps, everyone can experience first-hand how the brain communicates with our senses, memories, hopes, and desires.

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the roboroach lives

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