Cyborg insects, neural dust and other things: Building interfaces between the synthetic and the multicellular

T. Blanche, J. Van Kleef, P. Ledochowitsch, T. Massey, R. Muller, D. J. Seo, M. M. Maharbiz

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Abstract

As the computation and communication circuits we build radically miniaturize (i.e. become so low power that 1 pJ is sufficient to bang out a bit of information over a wireless transceiver; become so small that 500 m 2 of thinned CMOS can hold a reasonable sensor front-end and digital engine), the barrier to introducing all sorts of interfaces and control loops into organisms will lower radically. Put another way, the rapid pace of computation and communication miniaturization is swiftly blurring the line between the technological base that created us and the technological based we've created. This talk will provide an overview of recent work in the Maharbiz lab that touches on this concern. Some of this will cover our ongoing exploration of the remote control of insects in free flight via implantable radio-equipped miniature neural stimulating systems and more recent work in next generation mammalian neural interfaces for brain machine interface (BMI) applications, including neural dust.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationESSDERC 2013 - Proceedings of the 43rd European Solid-State Device Research Conference
PublisherIEEE Computer Society
Pages15
Number of pages1
ISBN (Print)9781479906499
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2013
Externally publishedYes
Event43rd European Solid-State Device Research Conference, ESSDERC 2013 - Bucharest, Romania
Duration: 16 Sept 201320 Sept 2013

Publication series

NameEuropean Solid-State Device Research Conference
ISSN (Print)1930-8876

Conference

Conference43rd European Solid-State Device Research Conference, ESSDERC 2013
Country/TerritoryRomania
CityBucharest
Period16/09/1320/09/13

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