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Thanks @weirdflexxbutok to let me know that video.

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Something For The Weekend: Your Regular Round-Up Of Reviews, Previews, News And More From The Past Week

Something For The Weekend: Your Regular Round-Up Of Reviews, Previews, News And More From The Past Week

Another week done and another weekend is upon us. So, once again, we bring you some of the stories that you’ve been reading all here in your all-in-one regular weekly digest. Here’s this Saturday’s ten to takeaway:

Everyone loves a winner it would seem, and so seemed to be the case with the announcement of Neil McClements (ACES Weekly) as the most recent winner of the 2000ADArt Stars competition

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Electrical experiments with plants that count and communicate | Greg Gage Source | YouTube | TED Neuroscientist Greg Gage takes sophisticated equipment used to study the brain out of graduate-level labs and brings them to middle- and high-school classrooms (and, sometimes, to the TED stage.) Prepare to be amazed as he hooks up the Mimosa pudica, a plant whose leaves close when touched, and the Venus flytrap to an EKG to show us how plants use electrical signals to convey information, prompt movement and even count.

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Greg Gage, a Neuroscientist showed How to control someone else’s arm with your brain

Greg Gage, a Neuroscientist showed How to control someone else’s arm with your brain

The brain is a magnificent and multifaceted system in the human body. Greg Gage, neuroscientist and engineer says, still we know very little about the brain, who is trying to change that and compose neuroscience more accessible to all, together with students of all educational levels.

Greg Gage builds the Spiker Box – a small device that helps students understand the electrical impulses that con…

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#Inspiring accomplishment by Greg Gage and @BackyardBrains. #TedTalk #Neuroscience

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Everyone Can Be a Neuroscientist

According to Greg Gage, everyone can be a neuroscientist.

That’s the idea behind Gage’s talk, “Low-Fi Devices for High-Tech Education,” where he will share knowledge and resources on how to make neuroscience accessible to people of all ages. His demonstrations, including a live vivisection on stage, are guaranteed to be eye opening.

Gage has a PhD in biomedical engineering from the University of Michigan and is the co-founder of “Backyard Brains,” an Ann Arbor-based company established with partner Tim Marzullo that makes graduate school-level science projects for K-12 students.

“We’re trying to make low-tech tools that are affordable for people to make high-tech breakthroughs,” he said.

Gage was a speaker at this year’s TEDGlobal conference in Scotland and last year’s TED conference in California, but said he’s excited to be able to share his ideas at home. Michigan’s strong work ethic and craftsmanship are some of the things he loves most about his home state.

When it comes to making a positive change, Gage said talk is cheap, and it’s about putting those words into action.

“I’m from the Midwest,” he said. “We just do things.”

For more information on Backyard Brains, visit www.BackyardBrains.com. 

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I’m a neuroscientist, and that means I had to go to grad school for five years just to ask questions about the brain. You don’t have to get a PhD in astronomy to get a telescope and study the sky.

Greg Gage, creator of the RoboRoach, at TED