1. Mind Controlled Robot Arm

2. Development  The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)  “Modular Prosthetic Limb”  17 motors- control 26 joints  University of Pittsburg  MotorLab MotorLab  two four-millimeter-by-four-millimeter electrode arrays into their brain  Algorithm

3. Training  Imagine  Record  Feedback loop  Concentration

4. Jan Scheuermann  Spinocerebellar degeneration  two quarter-inch square electrode grids with 96 tiny contact points  Neuron firing  Arm  wrist  objects  One small nibble for a woman, one giant bite for BCI (Brain Controlled Interfaces)  Hector  Amazing Technology Amazing Technology

5. Looking to the Future  Sensory feedback  Wireless control  Problems  Solution

7. Works Cited  Jordans, Frank. "Mind Controlled Robot Gives Paralyzed Man Mobility." USA Today:Tech. 24 4 2012: 1. Web. 15 Apr. 2013. http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/tech/news/story/2012-04- 24/mind-control-swiss-robot/54503116/1.http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/tech/news/story/2012-04- 24/mind-control-swiss-robot/54503116/1  McCue, TJ. "Robotic Arm Controlled By Your Mind."Forbes:Tech. 17 12 2012: 1. Web. 15 Apr. 2013. http://www.forbes.com/sites/tjmccue/2012/12/17/robotic-arm-controlled-by- your-mind/.http://www.forbes.com/sites/tjmccue/2012/12/17/robotic-arm-controlled-by- your-mind/  McHargue, Ryan. "Spinocerebellar Degeneration Treatment." eHow:Health. n.d. 1. Web. 15 Apr. 2013. http://www.ehow.com/way_5436144_spinocerebellar-degeneration- treatment.html.http://www.ehow.com/way_5436144_spinocerebellar-degeneration- treatment.html  Prigg, Mark. "'One small nibble for a woman': The mind controlled robotic arm that could give the paralysed a new lease of life." Daily Mail:Science. 17 12 2012: 1. Web. 15 Apr. 2013. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2249321/The-mind-controlled-robot- arm-lets-paralysed-write-eat.html. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2249321/The-mind-controlled-robot- arm-lets-paralysed-write-eat.html  "REVOLUTIONIZING PROSTHETICS." DARPA. DARPA. Web. 15 Apr 2013. <http://www.darpa.mil/our_work/dso/programs/revolutionizing_prosthetics.asp&xgt;.  Young, Susan. "Patient Shows New Dexterity with a Mind-Controlled Robot Arm." MIT Technology Review: Biomedical News. 16 12 2012: 1. Web. 15 Apr. 2013. http://www.technologyreview.com/news/508641/patient-shows-new-dexterity-with-a- mind-controlled-robot-arm/ http://www.technologyreview.com/news/508641/patient-shows-new-dexterity-with-a- mind-controlled-robot-arm/