This is a page dedicated to the University of Reading's Brain Embodiment Lab
23/05/2014
Check out our new page on the University of Reading site!
http://www.reading.ac.uk/sse/research/systems-neuroscience/sse-systems-neuroscience.aspx
Systems Neuroscience Research Group - University of Reading Systems Neuroscience Research Group
04/04/2014
I'd buy that for a dollar!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-26838250
'Like Robocop without the weaponry' The BBC's Richard Taylor checks out a hi-tech robot security guard.
31/03/2014
Amazing
Hugh Herr: The new bionics that let us run, climb and dance Hugh Herr is building the next generation of bionic limbs, robotic prosthetics inspired by nature's own designs. Herr lost both legs in a climbing accident 3...
15/10/2013
Terrence Deacon explains his theory about the emergence of mind. It's very similar, though unconnected, to the theory put forth by Mark Bickhard.
Terrence Deacon: Incomplete Nature, How Mind Emerged from Matter - Sane Society A radical new explanation of how life and consciousness emerge from physics and chemistry from the UC Berkeley Anthropology Chair, Terrence Deacon.
An interesting new myoelectric leg prosthesis.
Robotic Leg Control with EMG Decoding in an Amputee with Nerve Transfers — NEJM Original Article from The New England Journal of Medicine — Robotic Leg Control with EMG Decoding in an Amputee with Nerve Transfers
18/06/2013
Ben Whalley, Immy Smith, and Slawek Nasuto from our lab, among others, discuss the progress and challenges of building a brain.
BBC Radio 4 - Frontiers, Build Me a Brain Roland Pease reports on scientists building brains from scratch in the lab.
11/06/2013
A new BCI study commented on by our own Dr Ian Daly!
How the brain controls a machine Activity observed in the brain when using a "mind machine" is similar to how the brain learns new motor skills like riding a bike, scientists say.
01/05/2013
New studentship available!
PhD Studentship | Brain Embodiments Lab We make split second decisions and actions at each step of our lives. Engaging in such activities is critically dependent on ability to anticipate future outcomes. Anticipation has been postulated as one of the most generic forms of information processing in perception, motor control, and coordinati...
01/05/2013
Disorder rule linked to intelligence An idea that the Universe tries to maximise its future disorder, or entropy, seems to drive the development of a wide array of behaviours in simulations.
