Mickey
So, the project I'm working on this month involves looking at using brain electrode inputs to control neural prosthetics for high level spinal cord injury patients... We're looking at a rat model with an electrode array implanted its motor cortex and trying to train it to control a device with mental commands to measure the effects of neural plasticity. So here it is..... the first photograph of "Mickey, the rat with a USB port in his brain"!
(Actually, I'm the only one to call him Mickey- the other people on the project refer to him as "the rat" --- but that really is a computer interface on his skull :)). I'm wondering if I'll be able to get them to let me take him home as a pet once we're done.... :)
Other than that, not much new here. Went to an 80s party the other night. I'd forgotten how bad the video games were back then...
best,
Ari
(Actually, I'm the only one to call him Mickey- the other people on the project refer to him as "the rat" --- but that really is a computer interface on his skull :)). I'm wondering if I'll be able to get them to let me take him home as a pet once we're done.... :)
Other than that, not much new here. Went to an 80s party the other night. I'd forgotten how bad the video games were back then...
best,
Ari