{"id":93250,"date":"2019-07-07T20:22:47","date_gmt":"2019-07-08T03:22:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2019\/07\/this-brain-implant-could-change-lives"},"modified":"2019-07-07T20:22:47","modified_gmt":"2019-07-08T03:22:47","slug":"this-brain-implant-could-change-lives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2019\/07\/this-brain-implant-could-change-lives","title":{"rendered":"This Brain Implant Could Change Lives"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_6oNoLWcDqw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>It sounds like science fiction: a device that can reconnect a paralyzed person\u2019s brain to his or her body. But that\u2019s exactly what the experimental NeuroLife system does. Developed by Battelle and Ohio State University, NeuroLife uses a brain implant, an algorithm and an electrode sleeve to give paralysis patients back control of their limbs. For Ian Burkhart, NeuroLife\u2019s first test subject, the implications could be life-changing.<\/p>\n<p>Featured in this episode:<\/p>\n<p>Batelle:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.battelle.org\/\">https:\/\/www.battelle.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ohio State University<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/wexnermedical.osu.edu\/\">https:\/\/wexnermedical.osu.edu\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Producer and Editor \u2014 Alan Jeffries<br \/> Camera \u2014 Zach Frankart, Alan Jeffries<br \/> Sound Recordist \u2014 Brandon MacLean<br \/> Graphics \u2014 Sylvia Yang<br \/> Animators \u2014 Ricardo Mendes, James Hazael, Andrew Embury.<br \/> Sound Mix and Design \u2014 Cadell Cook.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It sounds like science fiction: a device that can reconnect a paralyzed person\u2019s brain to his or her body. But that\u2019s exactly what the experimental NeuroLife system does. Developed by Battelle and Ohio State University, NeuroLife uses a brain implant, an algorithm and an electrode sleeve to give paralysis patients back control of their limbs. [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":511,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,41,47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-93250","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-information-science","category-neuroscience"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93250","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/511"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=93250"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93250\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93250"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=93250"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=93250"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}