Bliss Chapman

Yeah, I guess I'll start by saying that we actually have been... capable of stimulating through our dental array as well as our electronics for years. We have actually demonstrated some of that capabilities for reanimating the limb in the spinal cord. Obviously for the current EFS study, we've hardware disabled that. So that's something that we wanted to embark as a separate journey.

Yeah, I guess I'll start by saying that we actually have been... capable of stimulating through our dental array as well as our electronics for years. We have actually demonstrated some of that capabilities for reanimating the limb in the spinal cord. Obviously for the current EFS study, we've hardware disabled that. So that's something that we wanted to embark as a separate journey.

Yeah, I guess I'll start by saying that we actually have been... capable of stimulating through our dental array as well as our electronics for years. We have actually demonstrated some of that capabilities for reanimating the limb in the spinal cord. Obviously for the current EFS study, we've hardware disabled that. So that's something that we wanted to embark as a separate journey.

And obviously there are many, many different ways to write information into the brain the way in which we're doing that is through electrical you know passing electrical current and and kind of causing that to really change the local environment so that you can sort of artificially cause kind of the the neurons to depolarize in in nearby areas for for vision specifically um

And obviously there are many, many different ways to write information into the brain the way in which we're doing that is through electrical you know passing electrical current and and kind of causing that to really change the local environment so that you can sort of artificially cause kind of the the neurons to depolarize in in nearby areas for for vision specifically um

And obviously there are many, many different ways to write information into the brain the way in which we're doing that is through electrical you know passing electrical current and and kind of causing that to really change the local environment so that you can sort of artificially cause kind of the the neurons to depolarize in in nearby areas for for vision specifically um

The way our visual system works, it's both well understood. I mean, anything with kind of brain, there are aspects of it that's well understood, but in the end, we don't really know anything. But the way visual system works is that you have photon hitting your eye, and in your eyes, there are these specialized cells called photoreceptor cells.

The way our visual system works, it's both well understood. I mean, anything with kind of brain, there are aspects of it that's well understood, but in the end, we don't really know anything. But the way visual system works is that you have photon hitting your eye, and in your eyes, there are these specialized cells called photoreceptor cells.

The way our visual system works, it's both well understood. I mean, anything with kind of brain, there are aspects of it that's well understood, but in the end, we don't really know anything. But the way visual system works is that you have photon hitting your eye, and in your eyes, there are these specialized cells called photoreceptor cells.

that convert the photon energy into electrical signals. And then they get, that then gets projected to your back of your head, your visual cortex. You know, it goes through actually, you know, thalamic system called LGN that then projects it out. And then in the visual cortex there's, you know, visual area one or V1. And then there's a bunch of other higher level processing layers like V2, V3.

that convert the photon energy into electrical signals. And then they get, that then gets projected to your back of your head, your visual cortex. You know, it goes through actually, you know, thalamic system called LGN that then projects it out. And then in the visual cortex there's, you know, visual area one or V1. And then there's a bunch of other higher level processing layers like V2, V3.

that convert the photon energy into electrical signals. And then they get, that then gets projected to your back of your head, your visual cortex. You know, it goes through actually, you know, thalamic system called LGN that then projects it out. And then in the visual cortex there's, you know, visual area one or V1. And then there's a bunch of other higher level processing layers like V2, V3.

And there are actually kind of interesting parallels. And when you study the behaviors of these convolutional neural networks, like what the different layers of the network is detecting, you know, first they're detecting like these edges. And they're then detecting some more natural curves and then they start to detect like objects, right? Kind of similar thing happens in the brain.

And there are actually kind of interesting parallels. And when you study the behaviors of these convolutional neural networks, like what the different layers of the network is detecting, you know, first they're detecting like these edges. And they're then detecting some more natural curves and then they start to detect like objects, right? Kind of similar thing happens in the brain.

And there are actually kind of interesting parallels. And when you study the behaviors of these convolutional neural networks, like what the different layers of the network is detecting, you know, first they're detecting like these edges. And they're then detecting some more natural curves and then they start to detect like objects, right? Kind of similar thing happens in the brain.

And a lot of that has been inspired and also it's been kind of exciting to see some of the correlations there. But things like from there, where does cognition arise and where is color encoded? There's just not a lot of understanding, fundamental understanding there. So in terms of... kind of bringing sight back to those that are blind, there are many different forms of blindness.

And a lot of that has been inspired and also it's been kind of exciting to see some of the correlations there. But things like from there, where does cognition arise and where is color encoded? There's just not a lot of understanding, fundamental understanding there. So in terms of... kind of bringing sight back to those that are blind, there are many different forms of blindness.

And a lot of that has been inspired and also it's been kind of exciting to see some of the correlations there. But things like from there, where does cognition arise and where is color encoded? There's just not a lot of understanding, fundamental understanding there. So in terms of... kind of bringing sight back to those that are blind, there are many different forms of blindness.

There's actually a million people, 1 million people in the US that are legally blind. You know, that means like certain, like score below in kind of the visual test. I think it's something like if you can see something at 20 feet distance that normal people can see at 200 feet distance, like if you're worse than that, you're legally blind.

There's actually a million people, 1 million people in the US that are legally blind. You know, that means like certain, like score below in kind of the visual test. I think it's something like if you can see something at 20 feet distance that normal people can see at 200 feet distance, like if you're worse than that, you're legally blind.