Upcoming Events
HybridNeuro Summer School on Human Interfacing and Augmentation
Join us this summer in London for an immersive week at the forefront of human interfacing and augmentation. Hosted at Imperial College London's White City campus, HybridNeuro's five-day summer school will bring together leading researchers, emerging innovators, and industry professionals to explore how we can enhance, restore, and extend human capabilities through neurotechnology.
Contact Ciaran McGeady for more information at c.mcgeady@imperial.ac.uk.
HybridNeuro Summer School on Human Interfacing and Augmentation
Event name: “HybridNeuro Summer School on Human Interfacing and Augmentation”
Date: 30 June–4 July
Venue: 1202/1203 Sir Michael Uren Hub (30 June–3 July); B10 Molecular Research Hub (4 July)
Audience: Open to all
Cost: Free
Tickets: Registration in advance
Register here: https://www.hybridneuro.feri.um.si/summerschools/registration_london.html
Description:
Join us this summer in London for an immersive week at the forefront of human interfacing and augmentation. Hosted at Imperial College London's White City campus, HybridNeuro's five-day summer school will bring together leading researchers, emerging innovators, and industry professionals to explore how we can enhance, restore, and extend human capabilities through neurotechnology.
Participants will gain insights through expert-led lectures exploring core topics such as:
· The neuroscience of neural decoding
· Translational augmentation
· Neural signals for interfacing
· Wearable neurotechnology
Participating experts include:
· Dario Farina (Imperial College London)
· Aleš Holobar (University of Maribor)
· Juan Gallego (Imperial College London)
· Etienne Burdet (Imperial College London)
· Carsten Mehring (University of Freiburg)
· Ildar Farkhatdinov (Kings College London)
The programme combines foundational lectures designed to build core understanding with specialised talks that cover cutting-edge research:
· Young researchers will offer fresh perspectives and bold new ideas in the field of neural interfaces and neuroscience in general.
· Interactive poster sessions will give participants the opportunity to showcase their own work, receive feedback, and network with world-leading experts.
· Practical hands-on sessions, including live demonstrations of brain-machine interfaces and wearable supernumerary robotic devices.
· Industry-facing day, where researchers and companies will explore how academic innovation can translate into real-world impact, building bridges between labs and companies.
HybridNeuro's summer school offers a unique opportunity to engage with the latest developments in human interfacing and augmentation, and to connect with a vibrant research community.
Event Accordion
May 2017
"The Bionic Man"
Prof. Dario Farina gave a talk during 2017 Imperial Festival programme showcasing the latest bionic limbs, and discussing the obstacles to further progress. He presented the robotic technology that can already reproduce missing human limbs for near complete dexterity and proposed that in the not too distant future even surpass our own biological potential; while adding the need for probing deeper into our own nervous system, along with advances in robotics, in order to create a human-machine interface that truly creates a sense of natural control of movement. In addition to imagining a future of not just amazing bionic limb performance, he also posed ethical questions and asking what happens when people start demanding robotic arms over their own healthy ones. The recording of the talk can be found here.
NOV 2022
Science Museum Lates
Milia, Patrick and Aritra took part in the Science Museum Lates on October 26th. The theme for the event was Sci-Fi, and our team showcased research into the control of bionic limbs. We enjoyed chatting to the visitors about bionic control and interfacing, and the visitors got the chance to have a go at controlling cursors and even a prosthetic hand using their hand movements.
