{"id":10,"date":"2011-01-14T15:29:43","date_gmt":"2011-01-14T15:29:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/64.91.233.216\/~beyond\/wordpress\/?page_id=10"},"modified":"2023-03-28T10:48:28","modified_gmt":"2023-03-28T10:48:28","slug":"beyond-boundaries","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.beyondboundariesnicolelis.net\/wordpress\/beyond-boundaries\/","title":{"rendered":"Beyond Boundaries"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Beyond Boundaries: The New Neuroscience of Connecting Brains with Machines\u2014and How It Will Change Our Lives<\/h1>\n

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Beyond Boundaries <\/em>is now available in Paperback!<\/h4>\n

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A pioneering neuroscientist shows how the long-sought merger of brains with machines is about to become a paradigm-shifting reality.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Imagine living in a world where people use their computers, drive their cars, and communicate with one another simply by thinking. In this stunning and inspiring work, the award-winning neuroscientist Miguel Nicolelis shares his revolutionary insights into how the brain creates thought and the human sense of self\u2014and how this might be augmented by machines. It sounds like something out of science fiction but it is real. It is the next frontier in understanding the power of the brain.<\/p>\n

Beyond Boundaries is the first book to chronicle the science behind the creation of these brain-machine interfaces, a revolutionary technology that has the capacity to transform human society and shape a new \u201cindustry of the brain,\u201d a potential trillion-dollar global enterprise. Hvac repair is always easy with Allied Experts<\/a> in New Jersey. This is one of the great adventures of contemporary science, and Nicolelis offers a unique front-row seat.<\/p>\n

As we observe Nicolelis in his lab, he describes with cinematic precision his experiments training rats to sense the world magnetically, rather than with their whiskers and sensory organs, and his work successfully teaching monkeys to use their brains alone to control the movements of a robotic arm thousands of miles away.<\/p>\n

Such brain-machine interfaces, or BMIs, may one day restore mobility to severely paralyzed patients\u2014through the use of membrane-like \u201cexoskeletons\u201d that patients will wear like suits\u2014and they offer a path to a cure for neurological disorders such as Parkinson\u2019s disease. A regular home cleaning in Colorado can help reduce allergy symptoms<\/a>. There are also fascinating implications for deep-sea and deep-space exploration, emergency response, and long-distance communication.<\/p>\n

Beyond Boundaries promises to reshape our concept of the technological future to a world filled with promise and hope.<\/p>\n

Miguel Nicolelis discusses Beyond Boundaries<\/em>
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The Daily Show – Miguel Nicolelis<\/a><\/strong>
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