Beyond boundaries : the new neuroscience of connecting brains with machines--and how it will change our lives / Miguel Nicolelis.

Author/creator Nicolelis, Miguel
Format Book
Edition1st ed.
Publication InfoNew York : Times Books/Henry Holt and Co., 2011.
Description353 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Subjects

Contents What is thinking? -- Brainstorm chasers -- The simulated body -- Listening to the cerebral symphony -- How rats escape from cats -- Freeing aurora's brain -- Self control -- A mind's voyage around the real world -- The man whose body was a plane -- Shaping and sharing minds -- The monster hidden in the brain -- Computing with a relativistic brain -- Back to the stars.
Abstract Draws on ground-breaking brain research to assess the potential of thought-controlled machines, which may enable significant technological advances in areas ranging from health care and manufacturing to global communication and space exploration.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [321]-333) and index.
LCCN 2010028440
ISBN9780805090529 (hbk.)
ISBN0805090525 (hbk.)

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks BF441 .N494 2011 ✔ Available Place Hold