Displaying 1 of 1 2011 Format: Book Author: Nicolelis, Miguel A. L. Title: Beyond boundaries : the new neuroscience of connecting brains with machines--and how it will change our lives / Miguel Nicolelis. Edition: 1st ed. Publisher, Date: New York : Times Books/Henry Holt and Co., 2011. Description: 353 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm Summary: Draws on ground-breaking brain research to assess the potential of thought-controlled machines, which may enable significant technological advances in areas ranging from health care and manufacturing to global communication and space exploration. Subjects: Brain-computer interfaces. Thought and thinking. Neurosciences. Brain. Machinery. Human-machine systems. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-333) and index. Contents: What is thinking? -- Brainstorm chasers -- The simulated body -- Listening to the cerebral symphony -- How rats escape from cats -- Freeing aurora's brain -- Self control -- A mind's voyage around the real world -- The man whose body was a plane -- Shaping and sharing minds -- The monster hidden in the brain -- Computing with a relativistic brain -- Back to the stars. LCCN: 2010028440 ISBN: 9780805090529 0805090525 Other Number: 613431963 System Availability: 1 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 1 Control Number: 749363 # Local items in: 1 # System items in: 1 Call Number: 003.5 Nicoleli Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Map It Suggestions and more Displaying 1 of 1
