Next Generation Neural Interfaces (NGNI) Lab

Next Generation Neural Interfaces (NGNI) Lab group group photo in 02/2023 (photo credit: Maowen Yin).

ENGINI (Empowering Next Generation Implantable Neural Interfaces) - System concept showing : (1) multiple mm-scale sub-dural implants for intracortical recording; (2) customised cranioplasty with embedded transponder; (3) external head-based ‘processor’ with battery.

ENGINI (Empowering Next Generation Implantable Neural Interfaces) - Distributing the neural interface across multiple mm-scale implantable probes

ENGINI (Empowering Next Generation Implantable Neural Interfaces) - First generation "Voyager" chip. Show are: (1) layout CAD design; (2) fabricated chip photo; (3) exploded diagram of hermetic micropackage

Care Research & Technology Centre (UK Dementia Research Institute): Our radar deployment at the UKDRI facility at Surrey (shown on left); and the UKDRI Living Lab at Imperial White CIty (shown on right). Networked radar sensors annotated.

Care Research & Technology Centre (UK Dementia Research Institute) - "Tiresias" networked radar sensor. Shown are the 4 generations of the design (from left to right).

CANDO (Controlling Abnormal Network Dynamics with Optogenetics) - concept for closed-loop neuromodulation. The brain implant has an optoelectrode array to sense activity electrically and stimulation optically (via optogenetics).

CANDO (Controlling Abnormal Network Dynamics with Optogenetics) - Generation III CMOS microelectronics.

CANDO (Controlling Abnormal Network Dynamics with Optogenetics) - Generation IV implantable microsystem. Shown are: (top left) CMOS microelectronics (layout design and fabricated chip photo); (bottom left) implantable optrode array microsystem; (right) assembled device (credit: Ahmad Shah Idil, UCL)

NGNI (Ultra Low Power Implantable Platform for Next Generation Neural Interfaces) - Implantable device capable of real-time neural spike detection, sorting and streaming.

SenseBack (Enabling Technologies for Sensory Feedback in Next-Generation Assistive Devices) - Implantable research platform for bidirectional neural interfacing (sense and stim).