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Can programming solve spinal-cord injury?
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Can programming solve spinal-cord injury?

Spinal-Cord Anatomy Basics

  • Rough overview of spinal cord circuitry and anatomy for the uninitiated, possibly mention UF
  • [Spinal Cord Image]

What Spinal-Cord Injury Is

  • Discuss possible sources of spinal-cord injury
  • Describe what happens to the circuity and structures when injured, both short and long-term effects
  • [Spinal Cord Injury Image]

Techniques being currently researched to rehabilitate spinal-cord injury

  • Physical Therapy
  • Gene Therapy
  • Stem-Cell Transplants
  • Explain why these are extremely difficult to research, develop, and implement

Brain-Computer-Interfaces

  • Current state of BCI Research
  • How BCI could by-pass current rehabilitation strategies
  • [BCI => Motor Control Diagram]

Programming and BCI

  • Algorithms for interpreting brain signals
  • Code for turning interpreted brain signals into muscular commands
  • Code could really help injured people live their lives, not just share media or data
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