Neural Implant podcast - the people behind Brain-Machine Interface revolutions
Episodes
Neural Implant roundtable discussion on the discussion of neurotechnology in the public
09 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This is the first of our Neural Implant roundtable where we talk with former guests Doug Clinton of Loup Ventures, Manfred Franke of Neuronoff, and Av...
Christopher Thomas on being a Science Writer at NIH and how he got there
24 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
I talked to Christopher Thomas today about his job as a Science Writer at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). How he went from being a graduate ...
Jennifer French on Neurotech reports and what she sees as the future of Neural Implants
18 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this second part of the great interview, I was able to have with Jennifer French in her hometown of St. Petersburg Florida, we talked about the fut...
Jennifer French on becoming a tetrapalegic and not taking no for an answer
17 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
I had the great pleasure to meet with Jennifer French of Neurotech reports in St. Petersburg....Florida!!! In this first part of the episode we talk a...
Doug Clinton of Loup Ventures on the Venture Capital investment perspectives of BCIs
10 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
I've actually been in contact with Doug Clinton for many months but only now have done an episode. He is a managing partner at Loup Ventures which has...
Dr Jacob Robinson on lensless optical sensing Neural Implants
03 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this last episode from my interviews from the 2018 Neural Interfaces Conference in Minneapolis I talk to Dr Jacob Robinson about his idea to image ...
Lowell Thompson on his Learning with Lowell podcast and what he's learned about Neuroscience
27 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
I've been in contact with Lowell Thompson of the Learning with Lowell podcast for some time and have become a fan of his work. He also covers many th...
Robert Shannon on his career helping develop Cochlear Implants
13 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
I was able to sit down with Robert Shannon to talk about his pioneering role with Cochlear Implants. It was an honor to talk to him. Unfortunately, th...
Loren Rieth on improving Utah Electrode Array Coatings
08 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
At the 2018 Neural Interfaces Conference in Minneapolis Loren Reith talked about how he improved the Utah Slant Array
Joost Wagenaar on minimizing friction with data management for labs
06 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Joost saw a problem with data management in the scientific space so he set out to fix it. He also helped made cloud storage and sharing much easier wi...
Gene Fridman talks about using ionic direct current peripheral nerve blocking
18 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
At the 2018 Neural Interface Conference the first person I talked to during the poster session was Gene Fridman of Johns Hopkins who was presenting ...
James Eles presents in vivo neuronal cell imaging during electrode implantation
18 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
At a poster session at the 2018 Neural Interfaces Conference, I talked to James Eles about his poster on the in vivo imaging of calcium activity durin...
William Huffman presents on the protective effects of vagus nerve stimulation
18 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
At the Neural Interface poster session, I was able to talk to William Huffman of the Warren Grill lab at Duke University about the reduction of invasi...
Chris Heelan talks about high channel processing, 6500 at one time
18 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Christopher Heelan presented a poster at the 2018 Neural Interfaces Conference in Minneapolis on one of the biggest problems in BCI research, data pro...
Bin Feng on increasing nerve conduction velocity using ultrasound
18 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
At the 2018 Neural Interfaces Conference poster session, I met with Bin Feng of the University of Connecticut where he talked about the increased nerv...
Jack Whalen of Platinum Group Coatings talks about customizable electrode improvements
18 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Jack Whalen of Platinum Group Coatings talks about the coatings that they offer for different electrodes. They offer these electrode coatings which of...
Thaddeus Brink of Medtronic presents a poster on urological control with neural interfaces
18 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
At the 2018 Neural Interfaces Conference Thaddeus Brink of Medtronic talks about being able to sense and modulate bladder fill levels in sheep. Using ...
Dr Ujwal Chaudhary on non-invasive Near Infrared Spectroscopy for locked in patients
10 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
University of Tübingen postdoc, Ujwal Chaudhary, and I talk about some of his techniques to unlock patients who are locked in. Those who are paraly...
Joke: I talk about unpublished work coming from the Otto lab and some of the promises it will bring
05 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Joke: In this solo episode, I talk about some of the unpublished work which you can expect out of the Otto lab here at University of Florida. The Turb...
Journal Club "Long-lasting increase in axonal excitability after epidurally applied DC"
01 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we do our first Journal Club style episode where we go over a paper. We hope this can be useful to those who haven't read the paper a...
Personal update: I started working at the Otto lab at UF on peripheral nerves
24 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
After many months of travelling my plans got cut short a bit and I returned to the US. I took a position here at the University of Florida working on ...
Dr Cindy Chestek on the coming split between Neuroscience and Neuroengineering
30 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this interview with Dr Cindy Chestek of the University of Michigan, we talk about her projects ranging from neuroprosthetics for amputees all the w...
Sherman Wiebe talks a bit about Blackrock and the new things with the Utah Electrode Array
16 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this interview, I sat down with Sherman Wiebe of Blackrock Microsystems. We had a short talk during the Society for Neuroscience in November in 201...
Andre Snellings talks about NeuroNexus and the benefits of their electrodes
09 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
I caught Andre Snellings on the Society for Neuroscience (SfN) floor and grabbed him quickly to do an interview about NeuroNexus and Michigan Electrod...
Ryan Clement talks about easier neural implant implantation using ultrasound
02 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
One of the coolest demonstrations during SfN in November 2017 was that of Actuated Medical. Ryan Clement was kind enough to sit down with me to talk a...
Pavel Takmakov on his work with the FDA for accelerated testing for neural implants
26 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
I was able to sit down and talk with Pasha Takmakov during SfN after seeing his poster on accelerated neural interface testing. He talks about the res...
Greg Gage gives a "shocking" talk on some new neural toys from Backyard Brains
19 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
It was really fun to talk to Greg Gage during SfN in November 2017. During our interview, he demonstrated some of the new neural educational toys from...
Dr Daniel McDonnell on the versatility and portability of Ripple neural implant hardware
05 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
It was a pleasure to talk with Danny McDonnell of Ripple Neuro which is also based in Utah. In this episode we talk about the beginnings of the compan...
Neural Implant Youtube channel now up and running!
28 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
I have been secretly posting the audio versions of the podcasts on YouTube for a while now. But now I finally put together the videos interviews fr...
Dr Theodoros Zanos on reading insulin and glucose levels from the Vagus nerve
26 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
I think one of my favorite posters during SfN was with Theo Zanos and the work at the Feinstein Institute involving the vagus nerve. They were able t...
Ian Burkhart on what it's like to be implanted and to move your hands with an implant
19 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
It was an honor to meet with Ian Burkhart after hearing so much about him. This show has had at least a half-dozen researchers that had published pape...
Dr Joern Rickert talks about Cortec and their implantable soft arrays
12 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Joern Rickert is the CEO of Cortec and I had a chance to sit down to talk with him during the Society for Neuroscience (SfN) in November 2017. In t...
Science and Futurism host, Isaac Arthur, talks about the 50 and 100 year BCI future
15 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
I love Isaac Arthur's Science and Futurism Youtube channel and podcast. So when he covered the topic of Mind Augmentation I asked him if I could share...
Matt Angle, CEO of Paradromics, on their $18 million DARPA grant for broadband for the brain
25 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Matt Angle is the CEO of Paradromics which aims to make broadband for the brain possible, massively parallel brain interfaces and realtime decoding. T...
Had a great time at SfN and am now travelling Asia so episodes will be slower
11 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
I had a great time at the Society for Neuroscience conference in Washington DC and it was great to hear that the podcast is so well received! "You c...
Dr David Friedenberg talks about gradiated muscle control in an implanted patient
07 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Dr David Friedenberg works at Batelle which is an interesting company with a kind of profit/nonprofit model. In this episode we talk about some softw...
Dr Srinjoy Mitra on having 1500 electrodes on a single neural probe
06 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
We were able to have this interview in person at the Human Brain Project Conference in Glasgow, Scotland. It was the first of my in person video inter...
See you at Society for Neuroscience in Washington DC!
06 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
I got invited as a media representative to the Society of Neuroscience meeting in Washington DC. This conference will have over 30k attendants and I h...
Dr Kevin Otto talks about how to prevent devices from failing and mapping peripheral neurons
23 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Kevin Otto is an Associate Professor at the University of Florida where he maps the neural networks of central and autonomous neurons. There he rea...
Dr James Giordano tells us about what's coming in terms of Neuroethics
16 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
James Giordano PhD, MPhil., is Professor in the Departments of Neurology and Biochemistry, Chief of the Neuroethics Studies Program of the Pellegrino ...
Dr Harbi Sohal on Glial scarring reduction, optogenetics, and biolectronic medicine
09 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Harbi Sohal is a rising star in the field of Neural Implants. He recently won the Forbes 30 under 30 for scientists. At 29, he has also recently b...
Dr Douglas Weber on his work at DARPA, neuroprosthetics, and bioelectronic medicine
02 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Douglas Weber has recently come back from a program manager position at Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) which lasted 4 years. N...
Dr Bradley Greger on restoring vision to blind people by implanting a neural stimulator
25 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Bradley Greger is an associate professor at Arizona State University where he is interested in helping the blind see. The blind person would have i...
Dr. Slawomir Nasuto on philosophical questions behind BMI research
11 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Slawomir Nasuto is a professor of Cybernetics and Biomedical Engineering at the University of Reading in England. He researches computational neu...
Dr Ed Boyden talks about his optogenetic tools and expansion microscopy
04 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Edward Boyden has co-invented optogenetic tools which allow control of neurons using light. This discovery has won him a prize, the Breakthrough P...
Dr Timothy Marzullo on his Backyard Brains project to get neuroscience into students' hands
28 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Tim Marzullo is the Cofounder of Backyard Brains which uses simple (and cheap) technology to demonstrate neuronal activity to those without labs. I...
Dr Steve Potter on his work with cultured neurons and keeping the work open source
21 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Steve Potter used to be a professor at Georgia Tech but now consults. But many years ago he was a pioneer in the field of Brain Machine Interfaces ...
Dr Ioan Opris talks about his work on memory implants in animals
14 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Ioan Opris along with previous guest Dr Mikhail Lebedev as well as Dr Casanova had won a $100k grant to have a conference in Switzerland in 2018. T...
Dr Ranu Jung on FDA approval for investigating a neural-enabled prosthetic hand system and the future of bioelectronic medicines
07 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Ranu Jung is a professor and chair of Biomedical Engineering in Florida International University and recently was FDA approved for an investigatio...
Dr Cristin Welle on epidermal EEGs to measure concussions
31 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Cristin Welle is an Assistant Professor at the University of Colorado where they work on a tattoo-like EEG which can help measure whether or not a ...
Dr Mikhail Lebedev on telepathically connecting animal brains to solve problems
24 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Mikhail Lebedev is a Senior Research Scientist at Duke University where he has worked with prosthetics and Brain Machine Interfaces in primates. E...
Dr. Manfred Franke comes on again to talk about his FDA approval for a Neural Stimulator
17 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Manfred Franke comes on again to explain some of the pros and cons to different educational approaches. We then talk about what we couldn't talk a...
Robin Farmanfarmaian on raising Capital through speaking and conferences
10 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Robin wrote a book, The Patient as CEO, where she talks about the future of healthcare. She has taken her background as a Crohn's disease sufferer wit...
Dr. Bolu Ajiboye on helping chronically paralysed people to eat by themselves
03 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Bolu Ajiboye of Case Western University recently released the results on the success of the Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES) team about h...
Dr. Andrew Jackson on sampling Local Field Potentials instead of neural spikes
26 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Andrew Jackson of Newcastle University talks about some of the advantages of using Local Field Potentials instead of measuring neuronal spikes. b...
Dr. Tom Mortimer looks back to teach 50 years of Neural Control
19 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Tom Mortimer of Case Western University looks back on 50 years of Neural Control and hopes to teach future generations the basics of his research....
Jens Naumann on driving while blind using visual neural implants
12 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Jens Naumann was the first person to be able to see using bionic eyes after he lost his vision in both of his eyes. After proving his usefulness he wa...
Dr. Jit Muthuswamy on adjustable motorized brain electrodes
05 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Jit Muthuswamy of Arizona State University hopes to be able to make neural implants more flexible by being able to adjust the depth of the probes...
Dr. Manfred Franke simply explains basics about neural activation therapy
29 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In this long episode, Dr. Manfred Franke simplifies many of the concepts behind neural modulation as therapies for many ailments. These can range from...
Dr. Marco Santello on complex hand movement learning and control
22 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Today's guest is Dr. Marco Santello who studies complex hand movements and how they are learned. This is especially useful in stroke victims to be ab...
Dr. Kevin Warwick on how he became the world's first cyborg
15 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, I personally went to meet Dr. Kevin Warwick in Prague for a personal interview. We talk about how he became the world's first cyborg ...
Dr. Memming Park on decoding the information from brain implants
08 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Memming Park is a researcher from Stony Brooke University in New York whose research is on the programming to decode neuronal activity read by neu...
Dr. Maria Asplund on the benefits of PEDOT coatings for better neuronal attachment
01 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Maria Asplund is a researcher in Freiburg, Germany who works mainly in PEDOT. She talks about the benefits of PEDOT as a coating for neural implan...
Dr. Dominique Durand on talks about conductible nanotube yarn in Neural Engineering
24 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Dominique Durand has main research in deep brain stimulation, conductible nanoyarn in Neural Engineering, and global electric fields in the brain....
Dr. Kip Ludwig on how to bypass medications with control of peripheral nerves
17 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Kip Ludwig is a researcher who deals with the nervous system as it relates to the rest of the body. His dream is that it would be able to bypass m...
Introductory Episode of the Neural Implant podcast
10 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the introductory episode of the Neural Implant podcast. I talk about the goals and aims of this podcast, to interview the leaders in the Br...
Dr. Walter Voit on temperature dependent stiffnesses in brain implants
10 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Walter Voit is a Wunderkind of a professor being so young and having been able to secure so much funding in his groundbreaking work. He works main...
Dr. Chad Bouton on teaching paralysed people to play Guitar Hero
10 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Chad Bouton is an award-winning researcher who was recently able to bypass the damaged area of a paralyzed patient to allow him to play Guitar Her...