
Deafness: Emerging Strategies for a Cure
Stefan Heller is trying to create inexpensive ear drops that can cure deafness. In this short talk, Heller describes how his team of researchers at Stanford University is transplanting stem cells into the ear to fix damaged hearing. (October 11, 2008)
14mins
22 Jan 2009
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Googling the Brain on a Chip
Kwabena Boahen is using the human brain as the blueprint for designing radically more powerful and energy-efficient computers. (October 11, 2008)
8mins
22 Jan 2009
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Visualizing Desire
Stanford University's Brian Knutson is unraveling the mysteries of human desire with state-of-the-art medical imaging. Knutson's research sheds new light on how individuals make complex financial. (October 11, 2008)
12mins
22 Jan 2009
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Engineering New Treatments for Psychiatric Disease
Karl Deisseroth is pioneering bold new treatments for depression and other psychiatric diseases. By sending pulses of light into the brain, Deisseroth can control neural activity with remarkable precision. (October 11, 2008)
22 Jan 2009
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Brain-Computer Interfaces
Krishna Shenoy is creating "brain-computer interfaces" that will enable paralyzed patients to control prosthetic arms and computer cursors. (October 11, 2008)
14mins
22 Jan 2009
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